A System for the Inclusion of the Informal Recycling Sector (IRS) in Mexico City’s Solid Waste Management
| Autor: | Emma Frida Galicia-Haro, Francisco Gutierrez-Galicia, Ana Lilia Coria-Páez, Ricardo Tejeida-Padilla |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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soft system methodology
education.field_of_study Municipal solid waste Operationalization Environmental effects of industries and plants Informal sector Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Viable system model Corporate governance Geography Planning and Development Population TJ807-830 Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 Renewable energy sources Environmental sciences Mexico City informal recycling sector GE1-350 Organizational structure Soft systems methodology viable system model (VSM) Business education Environmental planning |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 22 Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12490, p 12490 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su132212490 |
| Popis: | With 19 million inhabitants, Mexico City is the most populated agglomeration in Latin America, concentrating 30% of the national population. More than 61% of municipal solid waste (MSW) is sent to landfills, and 13% of MSW is recovered by Informal Sector Recyclers (ISRs) for recycling, which is the most crucial treatment option in the city. This article adopts a systemic approach to addressing the problem of the operationalization of relationships between ISRs and public services in Mexico City to design a recursive organizational structure with the identification of the critical roles and functions of management and governance in multi-level and multi-stakeholder relationships to integrate ISRs into MSW management. Using the Viable System Model (VSM) recursive structure to propose functional organizational structures in Mexico City is a new route for the study and application of systemic thinking in ISR integration. The VSM of the recycling system in Mexico City considers the recycling activities and characteristics of the territory at each recursion level. The authorities of the corresponding hierarchical level, who have sufficient knowledge of the physical and socioeconomic characteristics of the territory, are responsible for the design and operations. |
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