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Job change and self-control of waste pickers: Evidence from a field experiment in the Philippines
(Business Perspectives, 2018-06-15)
Environmental policies may have a negative side effect on employment, often in a specific industry in the short run. Workers in regulated industries can be affected by losses in job-specific human capital. The informal ...
Feasibility of biomass briquette production from municipal waste streams by integrating the informal sector in the Philippines
(Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI), 2017-02-24)
A technical and socio-economic feasibility study of biomass briquette production was performed in Iloilo City, Philippines, by integrating a registered group of the informal sector. The study has shown that the simulated ...
Testing of briquette production for household use by informal waste workers at the Calajunan dumpsite in Iloilo City, Philippines
(2011)
Three recommended mixtures for briquette production were tested by eight identified informal waste workers within a 10-day briquette production test at the Calajunan dumpsite in Iloilo City, Philippines. The test revealed ...
How to promote a job change of dumpsite waste pickers? Evidence from a field experiment in the Philippines
(2014-05)
Switching a waste disposal policy from open dumping to sanitary landfilling requires a job change of waste pickers. We conducted a field experiment at Iloilo in the Philippines which offers dumpsite waste pickers a new job ...
Evaluation of waste diversion effects through a low-cost, gravity-driven waste sorting plant in San Carlos City, Philippines
(2013)
Solid Waste Management (SWM) is a serious and rapidly growing problem not only in the Philippines but in many developing countries. Waste generation and the variety of the waste material mix are increasing especially in ...
Enhancement of professional education in solid waste management in the Philippines
(2013)
The enhancement of professional education in SWM was through the offering of a 1-year post-baccalaureate degree Diploma in Environmental Resource Management and Technologies major in Solid Waste Management. It officially ...