A System for the Inclusion of the Informal Recycling Sector (IRS) in Mexico City’s Solid Waste Management

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...

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Autores principales:	Francisco Gutiérrez-Galicia, Ana Lilia Coria-Páez, Ricardo Tejeida-Padilla, Emma Frida Galicia-Haro
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	informal recycling sector soft system methodology Mexico City viable system model (VSM) Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e134481163914b54b9c0e9b9995752a12021-11-25T19:01:31ZA System for the Inclusion of the Informal Recycling Sector (IRS) in Mexico City’s Solid Waste Management10.3390/su1322124902071-1050https://doaj.org/article/e134481163914b54b9c0e9b9995752a12021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/22/12490https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050With 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.Francisco Gutiérrez-GaliciaAna Lilia Coria-PáezRicardo Tejeida-PadillaEmma Frida Galicia-HaroMDPI AGarticleinformal recycling sectorsoft system methodologyMexico Cityviable system model (VSM)Environmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12490, p 12490 (2021)
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topic	informal recycling sector soft system methodology Mexico City viable system model (VSM) Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
spellingShingle	informal recycling sector soft system methodology Mexico City viable system model (VSM) Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Francisco Gutiérrez-Galicia Ana Lilia Coria-Páez Ricardo Tejeida-Padilla Emma Frida Galicia-Haro A System for the Inclusion of the Informal Recycling Sector (IRS) in Mexico City’s Solid Waste Management
description	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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author	Francisco Gutiérrez-Galicia Ana Lilia Coria-Páez Ricardo Tejeida-Padilla Emma Frida Galicia-Haro
author_facet	Francisco Gutiérrez-Galicia Ana Lilia Coria-Páez Ricardo Tejeida-Padilla Emma Frida Galicia-Haro
author_sort	Francisco Gutiérrez-Galicia
title	A System for the Inclusion of the Informal Recycling Sector (IRS) in Mexico City’s Solid Waste Management
title_short	A System for the Inclusion of the Informal Recycling Sector (IRS) in Mexico City’s Solid Waste Management
title_full	A System for the Inclusion of the Informal Recycling Sector (IRS) in Mexico City’s Solid Waste Management
title_fullStr	A System for the Inclusion of the Informal Recycling Sector (IRS) in Mexico City’s Solid Waste Management
title_full_unstemmed	A System for the Inclusion of the Informal Recycling Sector (IRS) in Mexico City’s Solid Waste Management
title_sort	system for the inclusion of the informal recycling sector (irs) in mexico city’s solid waste management
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
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A System for the Inclusion of the Informal Recycling Sector (IRS) in Mexico City’s Solid Waste Management

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