Abstract

GAREIS, María Cecilia; GONZALEZ INSUA, Mariana  and  FERRARO, Rosana Fátima. Incidence of recyclers in subhuellas of RSU and paper and cardboard: The case of Mar del Plata, Argentina. Estudios Socioterritoriales [online]. 2016, vol.19. ISSN 1853-4392.

The Ecological Footprint is an urban sustainable indicator which estimates several sub-footprints, including municipal solid waste and paper and cardboard. The theoretical approach of Ecological Economics examines the flows of energy and matter of the city metabolism in a circular analysis. In this context, wastepickers perform an important function reinserting the elements disposed into the production cycle. The study aims to analyze the incidence of the wastepickers (consolidated in CURA Ltda.) within sub-footprints associated with paper and cardboard and solid waste of the population of General Pueyrredon. The results show that both sub-footprints are affected by wastepikers although they do not contribute significantly reducing them (1.27 % paper and board footprint and 0.6 % MSW footprint).

Keywords : Ecological footprint; Wastepickers; Value chain.

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