Putting the Informal Sector into the Solid Waste Picture -- Good for All Stakeholders
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The Informal Sector in Solid Waste is a Global Phenomenon 1. There are active informal solid waste sectors in cities of widely varying demographic, socioeconomic and geographic characteristics. 2. In spite of specific and measurable differences in the set-up and effectiveness of the formal solid waste systems in the six cities, and the degree to which these are modernised or privatised, there is a strong inter-relationship, and predictable division of labour, between the formal and informal sectors. 3. The informal waste sector is connected to all parts of the formal system, and the two sectors cannot easily be separated from each other.
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