The Impacts of the Informal Sector on the Economics of the Municipal Waste Management System in Lagos State: An Overview of its Income Generation Potentials for the Vulnerable Urban Poor in Developing Countries
The dustbin economy is prevalent in most major cities of the developing countries especially in Lagos State Nigeria, where the urban poor partake in informal economic activities of waste materials to earn a living. This study arises out of the need to explore linkages between the informal sector act...
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| author | Salau, Oladipupo |
| author2 | Osho, Samuel Pizarro, Rafael Sen, Lalita Adejonwo-Osho, Oluwatoyin Osho, Gbolahan |
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| author_facet | Salau, Oladipupo Osho, Samuel Pizarro, Rafael Sen, Lalita Adejonwo-Osho, Oluwatoyin Osho, Gbolahan |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Salau, Oladipupo Osho, Samuel Pizarro, Rafael Sen, Lalita Adejonwo-Osho, Oluwatoyin Osho, Gbolahan |
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| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | Salau, Oladipupo, Samuel Osho, Rafael E. Pizarro, Lalita Sen, Oluwatoyin Adejonwo-Osho, and Gbolahan Osho. "The Impacts of the Informal Sector on the Economics of the Municipal Waste Management System in Lagos State: An Overview of its Income Generation Potentials for the Vulnerable Urban Poor in Developing Countries." Journal of Global Ecology and Environment 6, no. 1 (2017): 35-44. 2454-2644 http://hdl.handle.net/11073/16336 |
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| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Formal and informal sectors Municipal waste management Public health and environment Public policy |
| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv | The Impacts of the Informal Sector on the Economics of the Municipal Waste Management System in Lagos State: An Overview of its Income Generation Potentials for the Vulnerable Urban Poor in Developing Countries |
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| description | The dustbin economy is prevalent in most major cities of the developing countries especially in Lagos State Nigeria, where the urban poor partake in informal economic activities of waste materials to earn a living. This study arises out of the need to explore linkages between the informal sector activities in waste management and its economic potentials of providing avenues of income and employment opportunities for the vulnerable urban poor in the developing countries. Although the traditional function of the municipal waste management is to collect, treat and dispose of waste in an environmentally efficient manner, MSW has been rediscovered from a resource management perspective. This makes it economically imperative for the participation of the informal sector in the municipal waste management to maximize its resource potentials for economic benefits and environmental protection. This study undertakes a primary field survey of the informal sector scavenging activities at two landfill sites in Lagos State “Olushosun and solouous” and found that Scavengers are specialized in different types of waste items which they recover and recycle for sale. The result also reveals that informal sector provides opportunities of informal employment and avenues of income or supplemental income for scavengers in the dustbin economy to support and sustain their family. |
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| spelling | The Impacts of the Informal Sector on the Economics of the Municipal Waste Management System in Lagos State: An Overview of its Income Generation Potentials for the Vulnerable Urban Poor in Developing CountriesSalau, OladipupoOsho, SamuelPizarro, RafaelSen, LalitaAdejonwo-Osho, OluwatoyinOsho, GbolahanFormal and informal sectorsMunicipal waste managementPublic health and environmentPublic policyThe dustbin economy is prevalent in most major cities of the developing countries especially in Lagos State Nigeria, where the urban poor partake in informal economic activities of waste materials to earn a living. This study arises out of the need to explore linkages between the informal sector activities in waste management and its economic potentials of providing avenues of income and employment opportunities for the vulnerable urban poor in the developing countries. Although the traditional function of the municipal waste management is to collect, treat and dispose of waste in an environmentally efficient manner, MSW has been rediscovered from a resource management perspective. This makes it economically imperative for the participation of the informal sector in the municipal waste management to maximize its resource potentials for economic benefits and environmental protection. This study undertakes a primary field survey of the informal sector scavenging activities at two landfill sites in Lagos State “Olushosun and solouous” and found that Scavengers are specialized in different types of waste items which they recover and recycle for sale. The result also reveals that informal sector provides opportunities of informal employment and avenues of income or supplemental income for scavengers in the dustbin economy to support and sustain their family.International Knowledge Press2018-11-06T09:39:07Z2018-11-06T09:39:07Z2017-04-07info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfSalau, Oladipupo, Samuel Osho, Rafael E. Pizarro, Lalita Sen, Oluwatoyin Adejonwo-Osho, and Gbolahan Osho. "The Impacts of the Informal Sector on the Economics of the Municipal Waste Management System in Lagos State: An Overview of its Income Generation Potentials for the Vulnerable Urban Poor in Developing Countries." Journal of Global Ecology and Environment 6, no. 1 (2017): 35-44.2454-2644http://hdl.handle.net/11073/16336en_USJournal of Global Ecology and Environmenthttp://www.ikpress.org/index.php/JOGEE/article/view/960oai:repository.aus.edu:11073/163362024-08-22T12:16:30Z |
| spellingShingle | The Impacts of the Informal Sector on the Economics of the Municipal Waste Management System in Lagos State: An Overview of its Income Generation Potentials for the Vulnerable Urban Poor in Developing Countries Salau, Oladipupo Formal and informal sectors Municipal waste management Public health and environment Public policy |
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| title | The Impacts of the Informal Sector on the Economics of the Municipal Waste Management System in Lagos State: An Overview of its Income Generation Potentials for the Vulnerable Urban Poor in Developing Countries |
| title_full | The Impacts of the Informal Sector on the Economics of the Municipal Waste Management System in Lagos State: An Overview of its Income Generation Potentials for the Vulnerable Urban Poor in Developing Countries |
| title_fullStr | The Impacts of the Informal Sector on the Economics of the Municipal Waste Management System in Lagos State: An Overview of its Income Generation Potentials for the Vulnerable Urban Poor in Developing Countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impacts of the Informal Sector on the Economics of the Municipal Waste Management System in Lagos State: An Overview of its Income Generation Potentials for the Vulnerable Urban Poor in Developing Countries |
| title_short | The Impacts of the Informal Sector on the Economics of the Municipal Waste Management System in Lagos State: An Overview of its Income Generation Potentials for the Vulnerable Urban Poor in Developing Countries |
| title_sort | The Impacts of the Informal Sector on the Economics of the Municipal Waste Management System in Lagos State: An Overview of its Income Generation Potentials for the Vulnerable Urban Poor in Developing Countries |
| topic | Formal and informal sectors Municipal waste management Public health and environment Public policy |
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