Problems of urban environmental degradation have devastating repercussions on people's lives, solid waste is one of these, and carries with it other problems that can lead to social conflict and economic exploitation. The perception of garbage dumps as inhuman and environmentally and socially unsustainable, is decisive in combating the phenomenon of children and adolescents working as garbage pickers. Issues such as the negative environmental and epidemiological impact related to the operation of the city's public sanitation system, are considered within this approach, so that engineering solutions are combined with other initiatives, addressing the comunity's relationship with its living environment. Recommendations include the need to establish instruments to facilitate the continuity and sustainability of projects. This site is maintained by IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre .
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