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Jobs in the circular bioeconomy under scrutiny: the challenging reality of compost production in Rwanda

dc.contributor.authorSurchat, M.
dc.contributor.authorIrakoze, M.
dc.contributor.authorHansmann, R.
dc.contributor.authorKantengwa, S.
dc.contributor.authorKonlambigue, M.
dc.contributor.authorSpath, L.
dc.contributor.authorWilde, B.
dc.contributor.authorSix, J.
dc.contributor.authorKrutli, P.
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-24T09:49:58Z
dc.date.available2023-10-24T09:49:58Z
dc.date.issued2023-12
dc.identifier.citationSurchat, M., Irakoze, M., Hansmann, R., Kantengwa, S., Konlambigue, M., Späth, L., ... & Krütli, P. (2023). Jobs in the circular bioeconomy under scrutiny: the challenging reality of compost production in Rwanda. World Development Sustainability, 3: 100094, 1-11.
dc.identifier.issn2772-655X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/8305
dc.description.abstractToday, most African countries have dysfunctional municipal waste management system, negatively impacting the environment and human health. However, as most of this waste is recyclable, informal actors are making their income out of the collection/sorting of waste. Accounting for the risks involved in waste manipulation, it is important to ensure decent working conditions for those recycling it. This study focuses on biowaste recycling in Rwanda, a Circular Economy leader in Africa, with the purpose of: (i) characterizing the working conditions of waste recyclers along the definition of ‘decent work’ and (ii) assessing workers’ satisfaction and its determinants. We surveyed 63 workers employed in three compost production and three biowaste processing companies. Our results show that the work can be considered relatively decent compared to national references, except for insufficient social protections and occupational safety. Workers reported being rather satisfied with their jobs, although our analyses of covariance showed that workers employed in composting were significantly less satisfied than the others. These findings highlight the importance of household-level waste separation for improving not only worker safety, but also nutrient recovery. Further research should investigate how to push forward waste sorting at the household level and improve worker safety (SDG 8) without negatively affecting the women currently employed in waste sorting at the company level (SDG 5).
dc.description.sponsorshipSwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
dc.format.extent1-11
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectBioeconomy
dc.subjectGender Equality
dc.subjectWastes
dc.subjectRecycling
dc.titleJobs in the circular bioeconomy under scrutiny: the challenging reality of compost production in Rwanda
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.affiliationETH Zürich
cg.contributor.affiliationInterpret and researcher, Rwanda
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionCentral Africa
cg.coverage.countryRwanda
cg.coverage.hubEastern Africa Hub
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidSURCHAT:2023
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectGender
cg.iitasubjectLivelihoods
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.iitasubjectSocioeconomy
cg.journalWorld Development Sustainability
cg.notesOpen Access Article; Published online: 24 Jul 2023
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2023.100094
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cg.identifier.issue100094
cg.identifier.volume3


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