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Applying value chain analysis to informal sector recycling: A case study of the Zabaleen

Jaligot, Rémi  
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Wilson C, David
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Cheeseman, Christopher
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2016
Resources Conservation and Recycling

A methodology has been developed to apply value chain analysis (VCA) to the informal recycling sector, and demonstrated using the Zabaleen in Cairo, Egypt as a case study. The VCA methodology provides a ⿿toolkit⿿ comprising four stages. The first involves mapping the value chain and has been demonstrated using the recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles as the particular example. Stage 2 tabulates the value added at each step in the value chain; this has been demonstrated for different types of plastics as well as other recycled fractions. Stage 3 identifies and then applies a set of indicators for the development of the informal sector recycling value chain in order to address technical and socio-economic challenges. The indicators proposed are in three categories: connections in the value chain, waste valorisation and the enabling environment. Stage 4 involves developing a system dynamic map that shows connections between the indicators, and the stocks and flow variables in the value chain. In particular, it identifies the most highly connected indicators on which to focus interventions, as these are likely to have the greatest impact on the overall system. For the Zabaleen, these are improving the quality of waste inputs into the value chain through source segregation, optimising access to waste and upgrading recycling activities through access to finance and technical knowledge

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DOI
10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.07.006
Author(s)
Jaligot, Rémi  
Wilson C, David
Cheeseman, Christopher
Shaker, Berti
Stretz, Joachim
Date Issued

2016

Publisher

Elsevier

Published in
Resources Conservation and Recycling
Volume

114

Start page

80

End page

91

Subjects

Informal sector

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Solid waste management

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Recycling

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Value chain analysis

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Analytical tool

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Developing countries

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REVIEWED

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OTHER

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November 28, 2017
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