Waste picker

taaluma na ufundi wa Ukusanyaji taka kwa mauzo au matumizi ya baadae

Mchota taka ni mtu ambaye anaokoa nyenzo zinazoweza kutumika tena au zinazoweza kutumika tena ili kuziuza au kwa matumizi ya kibinafsi. [1] Kuna mamilioni ya wachotaji taka duniani kote, wengi wao katika nchi zinazoendelea, lakini wanazidi kuongezeka katika nchi za baada ya viwanda pia. [2]

Aina mbalimbali za kuzoa taka zimefanyika tangu zamani, lakini mila za kisasa za kuzoa taka zilichukua mizizi wakati wa ukuaji wa viwanda katika karne ya kumi na tisa. [3] Katika kipindi cha nusu karne iliyopita, uzoaji taka umepanuka sana katika ulimwengu unaoendelea kutokana na ukuaji wa miji, ukoloni wenye sumu na biashara ya taka duniani . [4] Miji mingi hutoa tu ukusanyaji wa taka ngumu. [5]

marejeo hariri

  1. Srinivas, Hari. "Solid Waste Management: Glossary". The Global Development Research Center. Iliwekwa mnamo 13 November 2011.  Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. Gowan, Teresa (1997). "American Untouchables: Homeless Scavengers in San Francisco's Underground Economy". International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 17 (3/4): 159–190. doi:10.1108/eb013304. 
  3. Martin, Medina (2007). The World's Scavengers: Salvaging for Sustainable Consumption and Production. New York: Altamira Press. 
  4. Wilson, D. C., Velis, C., Cheeseman, C. (2005). Role of informal sector in recycling in waste management in developing countries. London: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Centre for Environmental control and Waste Management. 
  5. Scheinberg; Justine Anschütz (December 2007). "Slim pickin's: Supporting waste pickers in the ecological modernisation of urban waste management systems". International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development 5 (3): 257–27. doi:10.1386/ijtm.5.3.257/1.  Check date values in: |date= (help)