Abstract

With an increase in the awareness about the environment, the Brazilian government in association with several private organizations and NGOs organized the ‘catadores’ (human scavengers who acted as informal recyclers) into cooperatives to boost the nation’s waste recycling rates. Experts viewed these initiatives as a potential form of sustainable development in which the catadores are able to generate a sustainable income and have improved self-perception while the country benefits from decreased costs associated with recycling

Learning Objectives

The case is structured to achieve the following Learning Objectives:

• Waste management
• Sustainable develop-ment
• Public policy.

Keywords

Sustainable management, sustainable development, Waste recycle management, catadores, greenhouse gas, Canadian International Development Agency, Brazil, Sao Paulo