Waste picker

Mchota taka ni mtu ambaye anaokoa nyenzo zinazoweza kutumika tena au zinazoweza kutumika tena ili kuziuza au kwa matumizi ya kibinafsi. ^[1] Kuna mamilioni ya wachotaji taka duniani kote, wengi wao katika nchi zinazoendelea, lakini wanazidi kuongezeka katika nchi za baada ya viwanda pia. ^[2]

Aina mbalimbali za kuzoa taka zimefanyika tangu zamani, lakini mila za kisasa za kuzoa taka zilichukua mizizi wakati wa ukuaji wa viwanda katika karne ya kumi na tisa. ^[3] Katika kipindi cha nusu karne iliyopita, uzoaji taka umepanuka sana katika ulimwengu unaoendelea kutokana na ukuaji wa miji, ukoloni wenye sumu na biashara ya taka duniani . ^[4] Miji mingi hutoa tu ukusanyaji wa taka ngumu. ^[5]

1. ↑ Srinivas, Hari. "Solid Waste Management: Glossary". The Global Development Research Center. Iliwekwa mnamo 13 Novemba 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link)
2. ↑ Gowan, Teresa (1997). "American Untouchables: Homeless Scavengers in San Francisco's Underground Economy". International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. 17 (3/4): 159–190. doi:10.1108/eb013304.
3. ↑ Martin, Medina (2007). The World's Scavengers: Salvaging for Sustainable Consumption and Production. New York: Altamira Press.
4. ↑ Wilson, D. C., Velis, C., Cheeseman, C. (2005). Role of informal sector in recycling in waste management in developing countries. London: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Centre for Environmental control and Waste Management.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
5. ↑ Scheinberg; Justine Anschütz (Desemba 2007). "Slim pickin's: Supporting waste pickers in the ecological modernisation of urban waste management systems". International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development. 5 (3): 257–27. doi:10.1386/ijtm.5.3.257/1.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link)