The Employment Creation Potential of Recycling in South Africa
by LOWITT, S, 2007Research Report, Employment Growth & Development Initiative, Human Sciences Research Council
Lowitt assesses the job creation potential of South Africa’s recycling industry and whether government could promote employment in this area. The first section of the paper reviews the debate on the role of recycling in industrial production and the options available to governments for strategically positioning such activities in the short and long run. This…
read more >>A Contribution to the Analysis of the Employment Creation Potential of Recycling in South Africa
by LOWITT, S, 2007Research Report, Employment Growth & Development Initiative, Human Sciences Research Council
Lowitt offers an overview of global trends in recycling, defined as the recovery and use of waste. She identifies innovations and explores how these innovations can be used in South Africa. It goes on to investigate the economic benefits of, and current thinking on, recycling, and suggests that waste should be seen as a national…
read more >>A Preliminary Analysis of the Plastics, Paper and Glass Recycling Database: An Introduction to the Nature and Dynamics of the Industry
by LOWITT, S, 2008Research report, Centre for Poverty Employment & Growth, prepared for the Department of Environment, Agriculture and Tourism and the Department of Science and Technology
The purpose of this research programme, supported by the Human Sciences Research Council and the Departments of Environmental Affairs and Tourism and of Science and Technology, was to create the first economic database of plastics, glass and paper recycling activities in South Africa. These sectors have not been enumerated to date. This report is a…
read more >>Global Trends in Waste Management: Some pointers for South Africa
by FAKIR, S, 2009Research report, Centre for Poverty Employment and Growth, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria
Fakir considers the growth and job-creating potential of the recycling industry. He reviews global trends in recycling, identifies innovations, and explores how these can be used in South Africa. The paper investigates the economic benefits of recycling, and suggests that waste should be seen as a national resource. The life cycle of materials is examined…
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