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1. 1. Integrating gender and environmental issues : A case study on gender mainstreaming within the organisation of WIEGO and their waste management projects in Brazil

   University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Victoria Nordell; Elin Niklasson; [2021]
   Keywords : Waste Management; Environmental Challenges; Gender Mainstreaming; Feminist Political Ecology; FPE; Environmental Justice; Intersectionality; Women’s Empowerment; Gender Equality; Waste Pickers; Waste Picking; Recycling; Informal Sector; Brazil; WIEGO; Climate Crisis; Gender; Avfallshantering; Miljöfrågor; Gender Mainstreaming; Feministisk Politisk Ekologi; FPE; Miljörättvisa; Intersektionalitet; Women’s Empowerment; Jämställdhet; Avfallshanterare; Återvinning; Den informella sektorn; Brasilien; WIEGO; Klimatkrisen; Genus;

   Abstract : The world is facing a global waste crisis due to half of the waste produced not being collected, treated or safely disposed of. Waste not managed in a proper way causes air and water pollution and has negative health and social impacts on people living or working close to the waste. READ MORE

3. 2. Municipal Solid Waste Management in Informal Settlements – A multiple-case study of challenges and possibilities in the favelas and informal sector of Rio de Janeiro city

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljö- och energisystem

   Author : Emma Bergman; [2019]
   Keywords : municipal solid waste management; informal settlement; favela; waste picker; recycling cooperative; environmental protection; social inclusion; Rio de Janeiro; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Today, about one billion people in the world live in informal settlements and lack access to basic services and city infrastructure. In Rio de Janeiro, approximately 1,4 million people, one fourth of the city population, live in informal settlements, in Brazil called favelas. READ MORE

4. 3. A study of the order picking process at PostNord Logistic - improving the picking process by identifying factors that inhibit the prodctivity

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Kommunikations- och transportsystem; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska högskolan

   Author : Hanna Larsson; Selma Tica; [2017]
   Keywords : Picking process; plock process; Postnord; productivity; produktivitet; order picking; waste; slöseri; lean;

   Abstract : The goal of this study was to find factors affecting the pickers’ productivity negatively, in the order picking process, and to suggest a change that can increase the pickers’ productivity. By a qualitative approach the initial situation at PostNord was studied. READ MORE

5. 4. Wastescape Bhubaneswar & Cuttack

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Oskar Gudéhn; Linda Ringqvist; [2014]
   Keywords : Bhubaneswar; Cuttack; Odisha; Waste; Waste Management; Architecture; sustainable studies; critical studies; Urban Planning; Formal; Informal; Minor Field Study; MFS; Architects without Borders; ASF; SPARC; UDRC; KKPKP; waste picker; godown; Mahila Milan; India; Rammed Earth; Mud; Bamboo; ANT; recycling; composting; biogas; landfill; slum; slum upgrading; interview; documentation; sketches; holistic; bottom up; social sustainability; economic sustainability; ecological sustainability;

   Abstract : This project is a study of the wastescape - a network of waste - of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack in Odisha, India.  The study incorporates key locations, e.g. landfills, urban wastelands and waste warehouses; major actors in the formal and informal waste sector; and flows of waste through economic and social systems. READ MORE

6. 5. Garbage to gardens : design proposals for two decentralised waste management units in Pune, India

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Manda Karlsson; Annie Söder; [2010]
   Keywords : landscape architecture; local waste management; composting; India; recycling;

   Abstract : The population growth and urbanisation in low-income countries bring issues of poor living standards and miserable sanitation conditions onto the agenda. If well-functioning waste management systems were developed, this could master some of the problems. READ MORE