HomeRoots Pitch Deck | Investor Insights | April 2024
Some slides on ciricullar economy.pptx
1. Introduction
Industrialization & economic
growth is coming with various
costs (Henry, 2012; Barbour,
2002) such as Environmental
degradation (Eccleston and March
2011)
Developing countries cannot
handle this interdisciplinary
(Schaper, 2016) challenge
(Okot-Uma, 2000) amicably.
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2. Background
2% population in developing world earns a sustainable
livelihood by salvaging re-useable and re-sellable items
from household waste (Silva et al., 2005; Bartone,
1988).
Informal recovery systems are more efficient in
recycling the waste than formal system (Yang and
Furedy, 1993).
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3. Waste Collectors as Entrepreneurs
Waste picking is an
entrepreneurial activity
that provides a livelihood
for the disadvantaged
contributes to the local
economy and promotes
appropriate recycling
(Patwary, 2011).
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4. Reasons for increase in
Scavenging
Culture of fast fashion has increased
quality and quantity of goods has led to
production of larger amounts of waste
with a greater salvage value but with
potentially high environmental hazard
(Muniafu and Otiato, 2010).
Clearly, scavenging renders social,
economic and environmental benefits
(Medina, 1998).
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5. Waste collectors use
negative value items (i.e.
garbage) to create positive
value that has a positive
bearing upon the society in
general and economy in
specific.
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Rationale for
Waste
collectors as
entrepreneurs
6. Why study them
Without proper policies and support
mechanism they can cease to exist or even
be harmful in some cases.
For example, informal waste collection can
encourage illegal practices such as reuse of
contaminated medical waste (Patwary et
al., 2011).
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7. LR: Waste
collectors as
ecopreneurs/en
vironmental
entrepreneurs
Thus, waste collector can
be labeled as
ecopreneurs or
environmental
entrepreneurs.
They can be framed
through entrepreneurship
theory and understood in
the context of individual
and opportunity.
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8. Fundamental Types of
Garbage Collectors
Waste Purchasers purchase waste material Door to door
Street Scavengers Collect waste from the stack of
waste in streets and bins
Waste Pickers at Composting Plant Gather inorganic
materials before they are decompsed
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9. Fundamental Types of
Garbage Collectors
Municipal Crew Secondary material gathered from
vehicles taking solid waste to dumping points
Scavengers at Disposal Site Gather waste from
junkyards and dumpsites located near cities
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10. Informal value chain of Econpreneurs
Informal Waste Accumulation – Value Chain
Maximum value
Minimum value
Production units
Retailers/wholesalers
Middlemen
Small-scale recycling units
Crews or families involved in waste
picking
Waste pickers
Informal sector (value chain) (Wilson, et al., 2006)
11. Green Entrepreneurs in
Peshawar
Solid waste management issues and generates roughly
600-700 tons of waste on daily basis (WSSP).
WSSP and Municipal Corporation collect solid waste
from city area.
PDA is responsible for collecting waste from Hayatabad
as well as Regi Lalma
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12. Green Entrepreneurs in
Peshawar
Cantonment Board tackles waste management in the
Cantonment area.
The open dumpsites are located adjacent to agriculture
land like Ring Road and Lundi Akhoon Ahmad.
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13. Green Entrepreneurs in
Peshawar
Green entrepreneurs play an important role in
Peshawar.
They act outside formal institutional boundaries
They enjoy a high degree of egalitarianism in finding
such opportunities; but encounter barriers in exploiting
them.
Thus, the action of green entrepreneurs in Peshawar
can be concluded as individual opportunity nexus.
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