@article{article_130661, title={THE PROFILE OF GARBAGE COLLECTORS AS AN IMPORTANT FACTORS IN RECYCLING: CASE OF DENİZLİ}, journal={Vocational Education}, volume={2}, pages={467–483}, year={2007}, author={Özkan, Yasemi}, keywords={Sokak Toplayıcıları, Enformel Sektör, Geri Kazanım, , , , ,}, abstract={In the recent years, because of the economic, political and social crises, the rate of "poverty" has increased significantly in the world and especially in the developing countries like Turkey. Poverty which has grown more under the effect of the migration from the rural areas to the cities is reflected in the employment processes and human relations in the cities along its different dimensions. Especially in the big cities, it is seen that "garbage collection" has been added to the informal jobs which have appeared due to the rise of the unemployment rates. Garbage collection is noticeable for various reasons such as having unsanitary working and living conditions, being transitory, lacking social security and sometimes providing very little income. On the other hand, it is evident that the contribution of garbage collection, which is older than Turkish Republic in our country, to the increase in the rate of recyclable waste (12%) in Turkey can not be underestimated. In order to investigate the profile of garbage collectors who are described as the unseen side of recycling and who take several risks while working, 51 garbage collectors in Denizli were interviewed.}, number={4}, publisher={Cevdet Emin EKİNCİ}