Cairo's Zabaleen garbage recyclers: Multi-nationals’ takeover and state relocation plans

Fahmi, Wael Salah; Sutton, Keith

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2005.09.006

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“…There are several success stories about the contribution of the informal recycling sector, as well as the importance of public participation, in waste management in many other countries, such as Bangladesh [50], Pakistan [52], Brazil [53], Ghana [54], India [55], and Cairo, Egypt [56].…”

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Resident Knowledge and Willingness to Engage in Waste Management in Delhi, India

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Abstract:Delhi generates about 8360 tons of municipal solid waste per day, and there is low compliance to rules regarding waste management. The objective of this paper was to understand the situation in Delhi with respect to the segregation, storage, collection, and disposal of household waste, and to assess the knowledge of the residents of Delhi, and their willingness to engage in solid-waste management. A stratified random sample, comprising 3047 respondents, was chosen for a questionnaire survey, covering all municipalities of Delhi, with socio-economic classification as the stratifying variable. Survey results indicate that 60% of residents do not know the difference between biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste, and only 2% of them segregate waste. Fifty-eight percent of respondents reported that the waste collector mixes the segregated waste, 97% of respondents reported that they sold items to an itinerant waste buyer, and 87% of households are covered by doorstep waste collection services. Abstract knowledge (general knowledge about waste management) is seen to have a significant correlation with willingness to engage in waste management. Differences between the socio-economic groups indicate that the highest (most educated and wealthy), as well as the lowest socio-economic category (least educated and poor), older age-groups, and women, have greater abstract knowledge. Socio-economic categories having higher abstract knowledge can be active participants in decentralized models of waste management.

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Resident Knowledge and Willingness to Engage in Waste Management in Delhi, India

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“…(46) Recent efforts in the gradual resettlement of the squatter tomb dwellers of the "Cities of the Dead", (47) and the relocation of supposedly noxious workshops from the old city would seem to act as precursors to the relocation of the Zabaleen to Qattamiya. (48) Since the Zabaleen settlements lower the value of the surrounding land and its housing, and in a bid to "beautify" Cairo and maintain and enhance land values, land developers and investors may make large profits by doing nothing more than clearing the site and holding the empty land for property speculation.…”

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The impact of privatization of solid waste management on the Zabaleen garbage collectors of Cairo

Fahmi¹

2005

Environment and Urbanization

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“…They emphasise the casualisation of sub-contracted co-operative labour, and point to the sanitisation, and displacement and re-settlement of urban waste workers, and they highlight the deleterious effects of these changes on the livelihoods of well-established groups of waste-pickers such as Cairo's Zabaleen [104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111].…”

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From Waste to Resource: The Trade in Wastes and Global Recycling Economies

Gregson

Crang

2015

Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour.

116

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Cairo's Zabaleen garbage recyclers: Multi-nationals’ takeover and state relocation plans

Cited by 59 publications

References 9 publications

Resident Knowledge and Willingness to Engage in Waste Management in Delhi, India

Resident Knowledge and Willingness to Engage in Waste Management in Delhi, India

The impact of privatization of solid waste management on the Zabaleen garbage collectors of Cairo

From Waste to Resource: The Trade in Wastes and Global Recycling Economies

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