Waste collectors in Brazil 2013: Analysis on working and health conditions

• Autor(a) principal: Alves de Carvalho, Angelita
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: dos Santos Teixeira, Thatiana, de Carvalho Alves, Larissa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Textos & contextos (Porto Alegre)
• Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/fass/article/view/38719
• topic: Garbage collector; Job; Health; Coletor de lixo; Trabalho; Saúde

The recyclable materials pickers can be seen as key elements in the process of environmental sustainability, performing important activities for the adequate treatment of solid waste. This study aims to analyze the dynamics of both work and health conditions of waste collectors in Brazil in the year of 2013 and also to establish comparisons with the total number of workers in other professions. Was used the quantitive data of the 2013 National Health Survey were explored through statistics models. The results show that men, older, with less education, from black or brown color/race, with low salary and use tabaco and/or drink alcohol on a daily basis present a more chance of occupying profession of a waste collector. The results show that the workers who collect recyclable materials constitute a fraction of the work force very vulnerable It is necessary that the government health agents face the problematic conditions of both the work and health of the collectors