- The project increased government awareness about the communities’ current struggles including remuneration and the need for more support in the way of infrastructure and capacity-building.
- The project increased government awareness concerning the catadore/as a united voice and movement against Waste for Energy technologies and the socio-economic significance of selective waste programmes.
- The project highlighted the necessity of an integrated waste management system that works inter- departmentally, with multiple stakeholders, that is embedded in the principles of the solidarity economy and participatory processes.
Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank all the members of the PSWM project and director/supervisor Dr Jutta Gutberlet, Department of Geography, University of Victoria. This research was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and through the support of the Centre for Cooperative and Community-based Economy at the University of Victoria.