Jobs in the circular bioeconomy under scrutiny: the challenging reality of compost production in Rwanda

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.contributor.affiliationETH Zürich
cg.contributor.affiliationInterpret and researcher, Rwanda
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.donorSwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
cg.coverage.countryRwanda
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2RW
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.howPublishedFormally Published
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2023.100094
cg.issn2772-655X
cg.issue100094
cg.journalWorld Development Sustainability
cg.number100094
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.subject.iitaFOOD SECURITY
cg.subject.iitaGENDER
cg.subject.iitaLIVELIHOODS
cg.subject.iitaSMALLHOLDER FARMERS
cg.subject.iitaSOCIOECONOMY
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hunger
cg.volume3
dc.contributor.authorSurchat, M.
dc.contributor.authorIrakoze, M.
dc.contributor.authorHansmann, R.
dc.contributor.authorKantengwa, S.
dc.contributor.authorKonlambigue, Matieyedou
dc.contributor.authorSpath, L.
dc.contributor.authorWilde, B.
dc.contributor.authorSix, J.
dc.contributor.authorKrutli, P.
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-24T09:49:34Zen
dc.date.available2023-10-24T09:49:34Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/132396
dc.titleJobs in the circular bioeconomy under scrutiny: the challenging reality of compost production in Rwandaen
dcterms.abstractToday, most African countries have dysfunctional municipal waste management system, negatively impacting the environment and human health. However, as most of this waste is recyclable, informal actors are making their income out of the collection/sorting of waste. Accounting for the risks involved in waste manipulation, it is important to ensure decent working conditions for those recycling it. This study focuses on biowaste recycling in Rwanda, a Circular Economy leader in Africa, with the purpose of: (i) characterizing the working conditions of waste recyclers along the definition of ‘decent work’ and (ii) assessing workers’ satisfaction and its determinants. We surveyed 63 workers employed in three compost production and three biowaste processing companies. Our results show that the work can be considered relatively decent compared to national references, except for insufficient social protections and occupational safety. Workers reported being rather satisfied with their jobs, although our analyses of covariance showed that workers employed in composting were significantly less satisfied than the others. These findings highlight the importance of household-level waste separation for improving not only worker safety, but also nutrient recovery. Further research should investigate how to push forward waste sorting at the household level and improve worker safety (SDG 8) without negatively affecting the women currently employed in waste sorting at the company level (SDG 5).en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientists
dcterms.available2023-07-24
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSurchat, M., Irakoze, M., Hansmann, R., Kantengwa, S., Konlambigue, M., Späth, L., ... & Krütli, P. (2023). Jobs in the circular bioeconomy under scrutiny: the challenging reality of compost production in Rwanda. World Development Sustainability, 3: 100094, 1-11.en
dcterms.extent1-11
dcterms.issued2023-12
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevier
dcterms.subjectbioeconomyen
dcterms.subjectgender equalityen
dcterms.subjectwastesen
dcterms.subjectrecyclingen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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