Living off Trash in Latin America: debunking the Myths

Medina, Martin

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dc.creator	Medina, Martin
dc.date	2015
dc.date.accessioned	2016-04-12T19:30:34Z
dc.date.available	2016-04-12T19:30:34Z
dc.identifier.citation	Medina, Martin. 2015. Living off Trash in Latin America: debunking the Myths (Recycling lives). Revista Harvard Review of Latin America, winter 2015 14(2) :19-24.	es_ES
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10469/8249
dc.description	As a child growing up in mexico, i often saw men, women, children and the elderly picking through other people’s trash, searching for reusable and recyclable items. Due to their daily contact with garbage, ragged appearance, and often low educational levels, scavengers were considered the poorest of the poorand the lowest of the low in Mexican society. Most Latin American societies have traditionally viewed their own scavengers similarly. Only the poorest and most desperate would be willing to handle trash and sometimes live next to garbage dumps, in order to survive. Scavengers can be found in most cities in the developing world. Yet they are largely ignored by researchers, policy makers and society in general. My experience researching scavengers over the past 15 years may serve to debunk some commonly held beliefs about this population and their activities.	es_ES
dc.description.abstract	As a child growing up in Mexico, i often saw men, women, children and the elderly picking through other people’s trash, searching for reusable and recyclable items. Due to their daily contact with garbage, ragged appearance, and often low educational levels, scavengers were considered the poorest of the poor and the lowest of the low in Mexican society.
dc.format	p. 19-24	es_ES
dc.language	eng	es_ES
dc.publisher	Cambridge. MA, Estados Unidos : Harvard University.	es_ES
dc.subject	DESECHOS
dc.subject	ELIMINACIÓN DE DESECHOS
dc.subject	RECICLAJE
dc.subject	NIÑOS
dc.subject	MUJERES
dc.subject	EXCLUSIÓN SOCIAL
dc.subject	CONDICIONES DE VIDA
dc.subject	AMÉRICA LATINA
dc.subject	MÉXICO
dc.subject	POBREZA
dc.title	Living off Trash in Latin America: debunking the Myths	es_ES
dc.type	article	es_ES
dc.tipo.spa	Artículo	es_ES