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‘Sometimes you don’t make enough to buy food’ : an analysis of South African street waste pickers’ income

Authors: Viljoen, Kotie , Blaauw, Derick , Schenck, Rinie
Date: 2018
Language: English
Type: Article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/279658 , uj:30036 , Citation: Viljoen, K., Blaauw, D. & Schenck, R., 2018, ‘“Sometimes you don’t make enough to buy food:” An analysis of South African street waste pickers’ income’, Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences 11(1), a186. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/jef.v11i1.186 , ISSN: 2312-2803 (Online) , ISSN: 1995-7076 (Print)
Description: Abstract: Limited opportunities for the unskilled in the formal economy force many into informal street waste-picking activities. The income from these activities is not sufficient to lift them out of poverty. This article analyses income data of 873 street waste pickers to assess how identified factors explain income variations among them and whether they can endogenously influence their earnings. The results of descriptive, ordinary least square regression and quantile regression analyses show that they can do little to improve their income except to use a trolley and to start early in the morning. To improve their income, policy interventions to integrate them into waste management plans are recommended.
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Household waste management practices and challenges in a rural remote town in the Hantam Municipality in the Northern Cape, South Africa

Authors: Viljoen, Kotie , Schenck, Rinie , Volschenk, Liza , Blaauw, Phillip , Grobler, Lizette
Date: 2021
Subjects: Household waste management , Municipality , Remote
Language: English
Type: Article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/481022 , uj:43570 , Citation: Viljoen, K. et al. 2021. Household waste management practices and challenges in a rural remote town in the Hantam Municipality in the Northern Cape, South Africa.
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Precarious, more precarious, most precarious? The quality of life of waste pickers in the Karoo

Authors: Schenck, Rinie , Viljoen, Kotie , Blaauw, David
Date: 2021
Subjects: Karoo , Waste picker , Waste reclaimer , Amartya Sen , Capability approach
Language: English
Type: Article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/485351 , uj:44113 , DOI:10.15270/57-3-949 , Citation: Schenck, R.; Viljoen, K.; Blaauw, D. 2021. Precarious, more precarious, most precarious? The quality of life of waste pickers in the Karoo. Social Work Journal, 57(3): 1-25. https://doi.org/10.15270/57-3-949 , ISSN: 2312-7198
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Socio-economic factors affecting household participation in curb-side Recycling programmes : evidence from Drakenstein municipality, South Africa

Authors: Volschenk, Liza , Viljoen, Kotie , Schenck, Catherina
Date: 2021
Language: English
Type: Article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/481630 , uj:43647 , Citation: Volschenk, L., Viljoen, K. & Schenck, C. 2021. Socio-economic factors affecting household participation in curb-side Recycling programmes : evidence from Drakenstein municipality, South Africa.
Description: Abstract: Household //curb-side recycling programmes have the potential to reduce waste that end up in landfills. However, participation in these programmes is low. The aim of this study is to investigate the socio-economic factors that impact households’ participation in the curb-side recycling (CSR) programme in one municipality. Based on a convenience sample, quantitative data were collected from 247 households using a structured questionnaire...
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