From collision to collaboration – Integrating informal recyclers and re-use operators in Europe: A review

• Published in: Waste management & research Vol. 34; no. 9; pp. 820 - 839
• Main Authors: Scheinberg, Anne, Nesić, Jelena, Savain, Rachel, Luppi, Pietro, Sinnott, Portia, Petean, Flaviu, Pop, Flaviu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.09.2016; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Circular economy; Circularity; Economics; Europe; European union; Informal Sector; Policies; Recommendations; Recovering; Recycling; Recycling - economics; Recycling - legislation & jurisprudence; Recycling - methods; Solid Waste - analysis; Solid Waste - economics; Solid waste management; Solid wastes; Waste management; Waste Management - economics; Waste Management - legislation & jurisprudence; Waste Management - methods; Waste management industry; ANE, France; Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic; MED, Turkey; Malta; informal integration; Balkans and new EU; extended producer responsibility; Informal recycling and re-use; Europe; circular economy

The European Union hosts some of the world’s most developed waste management systems and an ambitious policy commitment to the circular economy. The existence of informal recycling and re-use activities in Europe has been vigorously denied until quite recently, and remains a very challenging subject...