Colombia is considered a pioneer in inclusive recycling Latin America and the state-led formalisation policies are referent for socio-economic inclusion of waste pickers beyond region. Nevertheless, more than 60,000 struggling to remain place despite these policies. This paper examines implementation their consequences population by comparing evidence from two Colombian cities: Bogotá Cartagena...

The tea picker job involves a lot of standing, wich puts pressure on the knees. This routine activity can cause musculoskeletal problems, such as osteoarthritis, which reduce pickers’ daily living in pickers at risk osteoarthritis be handled by retrowalking exercise and static contraction increasing function knee osteoarthritis. Research Methods: study used quasi – experimental design (one grou...

Despite the notion that waste pickers are amongst economically excluded groups in urban South Africa, little is known about their lockdown experience. This study explores survival strategies of Durban during COVID-19 induced level 5 lockdown. It employs a case to illuminate challenges and various adopted by response harsh living conditions imposed measures. Two empirical questions asked this st...

The Swedish berry industry relies today on two categories of agricultural seasonal workers: ‘third country nationals’, commonly from South-East Asia, who are granted work permits for picking; and another category designated as ‘free pickers’, mostly EU citizens sell the harvested berries directly to buyers. With regard both berry-pickers, successive scandals have plagued industry. Workers arriv...

introduction & objective: after urinary tract infection and prostatic disorders , the urine stones are the third common genitourinary diseases. demographic, environmental and genetic factors affect urine stone formation. the aim of our study is to survey epidemiologic factors in patients with urinary stones referring to educational hospitals of hamadan during 2010-2013.      materials & methods...

Waste pickers in Jambi city reduce solid waste by collecting and sorting recycled at the ‘Solid Temporary Shelters’ or Tempat Pembuangan Sementara (TPS). However, most cannot improve their performance due to challenges confronting lack of attention from government public. This research identified quantified collected marketed individual collectors ‘pengepul’. Convenience sampling methods with l...

in this work, the waste stone sludge obtained from the granite and marble stone processing factories was used for the manufacture of artificial stones using vibratory compaction in a vacuum environment. the results obtained showed that water absorption and density increased, and the flexure, compressive, and tensile strengths decreased with increase in the content of the waste stone sludge. the...