Sustainable design of carts for waste pickers and canners in Brazil and New York
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The possibility of recovering discarded materials and selling them for revenue leads many individuals worldwide to engage in waste collection. This situation is observed in New York City, where waste pickers collect discarded beverage containers in the streets. Although contributing to recycling in the city, these workers face political and social obstacles.
This study aims to investigate actions that support waste pickers worldwide, as well as their potential for exchange. Some specific goals are to examine the development of a Brazilian project in the context of recycling in the USA, and to evaluate the social and environmental outcomes of a design and art collaborative action.
The methodology for this research-and-practice based study comprises a theoretical review, a field research to gather qualitative data, and a case study of an action promoted within the scope of this work. When analysing the results of this study, the contribution of design and art action is evidenced, and three important findings are highlighted: the relevance of a sense of identity for waste pickers; the importance of waste pickers being visible within the urban environment; and the potential for changes in the interactions between waste pickers and other citizens.
Finally, this study accomplishes the goals of employing design and art to promote a socio-environmental action based on a collaborative model, and of evaluating the outcomes of this experience exchange between a Brazilian project and a NYC based organization.
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XAVIER, Silvia Resende; DUARTE, Luciana dos Santos. Design and art promoting socially responsible recycling: the analysis of a collaborative action to support waste pickers in New York City. Anais do 6º Simpósio Brasileiro de Design Sustentável, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 2017.
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Sustainable design of carts for waste pickers and canners in Brazil and New York
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DUARTE, Luciana dos Santos; XAVIER, Silvia Resende; RAJÃO, Raoni Guerra Lucas. 3º Pimpex Mulheres Guerreiras: a questão do gênero e o desenvolvimento dos processos de reforma e grafite de carrinhos de catadoras. Anais do VII Simpósio Nacional de Ciências, Tecnologias e Sociedades, Universidade de Brasília, 2017.
DUARTE, Luciana dos Santos; XAVIER, Silvia; RAJÃO, Raoni Guerra Lucas. Pimpex Mulheres Guerreiras: projeto colaborativo para valorizar o trabalho das mulheres na catação de materiais recicláveis. Anais do XIV Encontro Nacional de Engenharia e Desenvolvimento Social, Universidade Federal de Itajubá, Itajubá, 2017.
DUARTE, Luciana dos Santos; XAVIER, Silvia Resende; BEATRIZ, Gustavo Henrique Silva; MATSSUNAKA, Marcel Yssamo; ACKEL, Thiago Teixeira Leite. Projeto Pimp My Carroça – Pimpex BH: pesquisa e desenvolvimento de carroças de catadores de recicláveis. Anais do IV Encontro do Centro-Oeste Brasileiro de Engenharia de Produção. Universidade Federal de Goiás, Aparecida de Goiânia, 2016, pp. 160 – 165.
DUARTE, Luciana dos Santos; XAVIER, Silvia; MATSSUNAKA, Marcel; ACKEL, Thiago Teixeira Leite.Viabilidade e integração social dos catadores de materiais recicláveis – resultados do projeto Pimp My Carroça. Anais do 7º Congresso Luso Brasileiro para o Planejamento Urbano, Regional, Integrado e Sustentável. Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, 2016.
DUARTE, Luciana dos Santos; XAVIER, Silvia; MATSSUNAKA, Marcel; ACKEL, Thiago Teixeira Leite. Projeto Pimpex BH – Pimp My Carroça: ergonomia, pesquisa e desenvolvimento de carroças de catadores. Anais do 12º Congresso Brasileiro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Design, vol. 9, n. 2, 2016, pp. 3308 – 3318.
