Inclusion of informal collectors in integrated systems for management of recyclable solid waste : donors memorandum

Abstract

This project is part of the Regional Initiative for Inclusive Recycling, whose partners are the MIF, the IDB’s Water and Sanitation Division (INE/WSA), Fundación Avina, Coca-Cola Latin America, and the Latin American Recyclers’ Network (Red LACRE) executed by the Red Nacional de Apoyo Empresarial a la Protección Ambiental, Inc. [National Business Support Network for Environmental Protection, Inc.] (ECORED) with the aim of impacting the capital city of the Dominican Republic, municipalities of Santo Domingo Este (Santo Domingo province), San Pedro de Macorís (San Pedro de Macorís province), and Samaná (Samaná province) by benefitting 120 informal collectors (75% men and 25% women), 35 municipal officials; indirect beneficiaries: 600 persons (collectors’ family members) who depend on the collection of recyclables and who live in vulnerable conditions; 30,000 households (150,000 residents) in the three municipalities where awareness is raised regarding source separation.