Catadores de recicláveis: processos de identidade, invisibilidade e exclusão em Dourados-MS

Abstract

Comprehending the effects and causes that contribute to a state of social invisibility and marginalization regarding waste pickers was the study object of this dissertation, which also leads to a better understanding of how this work is currently disorganized, through a comprehensive analyzing of its main root causes. Thus, this dissertation seeks to fathom the reasons that induce the society to perceive the work done by waste pickers in a controversial manner. Despite the major role played by waste pickers in recycling programs and projects, they are never “seen” by the society, being excluded from the possibility of inclusion in the formal workplace and having their identity as a worker linked to stigmatization processes and public invisibility.