Hunters and GatherersHunters and Gatherers

““Limits to Growth”Limits to Growth”

Club of Rome 1972

What is Going on What is Going on in the Developing World?in the Developing World?

A typical street picker’s A typical street picker’s “cart” “cart”

Bycicle with cardboardsBycicle with cardboards

Some ExamplesSome Examples

A) Laredo and Nuevo LaredoA) Laredo and Nuevo Laredo

B) San Francisco vs. MumbaiB) San Francisco vs. Mumbai

Lorries,

Light Trucks,

and

Buses

Arriving in

The Federal District

Inside Sight of the Street

Pickers’ Train

Train and Street Pickers at a

Station

The Case of ArgentinaThe Case of Argentina

The Case of The Case of ArgentinaArgentina

The Case of ArgentinaThe Case of Argentina

The Case of The Case of ArgentinaArgentina

Between 1999 and 2000 these Between 1999 and 2000 these cooperatives were formed:cooperatives were formed:

El Ceibo (Palermo),

Reconquista (Tres de Febrero),

El Orejano (San Martín) y

Renaser (La Matanza),

CooperativesCooperativesWhile between 2000 and 2002, the While between 2000 and 2002, the

following cropped up:following cropped up: Nuevo Rumbo (Lomas de Zamora),

Mujeres para la dignidad (Lavallol), Reciclado Sur (Lanús),

Villa Malaver y La perla (San Pedro).

All these cooperatives found in the Institute of Cooperative Funds an agglutinating environment became the counseling body for the procurement of registrations and as a potential source of funding for the groups.

PeriodPeriod May 2008May 2008 March 2009March 2009

Carboard € 0.09/Kg € 0.06/Kg

Newspaper € 0.07/Kg € 0.054/Kg

White Paper€ 0.2/Kg € 0.18/Kg

Tetrapak € 0,1/Kg € 0.08/Kg

Coloured PET € 0.24/Kg € 0.14/Kg

Crystal PET € 0.32/Kg € 0.2/Kg

Glass € 0.038/Kg € 0.042/Kg

Aluminium Cans € 1.1/Kg € 0.6/Kg

Copper € 4.24/Kg € 2.4/Kg

€1=$5

The Case of ArgentinaThe Case of Argentina

PIECES OF METALPIECES OF METAL

PET BOTTLESPET BOTTLES

PILED UP BOTTLESPILED UP BOTTLES

GLASS COLLECTED GLASS COLLECTED BY OCTOPUSESBY OCTOPUSES

GLASS PET PLASTICS PAPER METALS OTHERS5 SORTING PLANTS (PRIVATE) 743,04 679,74 1462,16 2452,18 241,12 229,647 SORTING PLANTS (SOCIAL) 1252,44 512,03 1249,27 2778,33 532,53 230,62TOTAL 1995,48 1191,77 2711,43 5230,51 773,65 460,26

DATA EXPRESSED IN TONS

SORTING PLANTSSORTING PLANTSJanuary / December 2008January / December 2008