Waste classification as a trade under construction: Practices and meanings of labor amongst members of a recycling plant in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires

CARENZO SEBASTIAN

Washington D.C

Congreso; Latin American Studies Association Congress, 2013; 2013

Latin American Studies Association

P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); }P.western { font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; }P.cjk { font-family: "DejaVu Sans"; font-size: 12pt; }P.ctl { font-family: "DejaVu Sans"; font-size: 12pt; }  The current implementation of tens of new recycling plants is promoted by government sectors at different levels as a nationwide priority in the integral management of urban solid waste. This growth may be framed within the progressive consolidation of recycling as an industrial process which is developed by private capitals in our country. This practice is supported by new technologies which increase the possibility that a variety of garbage materials may be (re)incorporated as inputs to the productive process. In this context, the development of a ?technology of classification? is an essential requirement for the strengthening of this sector in expansion. The analysis of initiatives as such is key to offering a better comprehension of both waste management problematic in our metropolitan area, and the role they hold, and/or the one they are proposed to hold, by those who, with their daily work, make possible the creation of a circuit of waste valorization through recycling.