Browsing by Autor "Melanie Valencia"
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Item type: Item , Item type: Item , Informal Recycling Sector (IRS), Contribution to the Achievement of the SDGs, and a Circular Economy(2019) Melanie Valenciastatus: Published onlineItem type: Item , Potential and Gaps of Sociomaterial Networks in the Global South to Transition to a Circular Economy(2024) Melanie Valencia; María Fernanda Solíz; Milena Alía Yepez; Marc CrapsWe aim to identify the potential and gaps of the sociomaterial network for the circular economy in a mid-size city in the Global South. A qualitative assessment of the local informal recycling sector and the nascent circular economy stakeholders (human and non-human is used to assess the current network. The sociomaterial network in transformation has strengths that need to be reinforced but also significant gaps in how materials and relationships are valued in the transition to a CE. From a performative perspective there are several role gaps, such as reducing regulatory barriers to operate in a CE, actioning an extended producer responsibility and a value-based education. Circular transitions have mostly focused on the Global North. This study takes an entanglement approach to assess the potential of the informal sector in the Global South and the gaps in their networks that should be addressed for a just transition to a circular economy from a primarily linear and recycling economy.Item type: Item , Sociomaterial networks for a systemic circular economy transition in an intermediate Global South city(Elsevier BV, 2024) Melanie Valencia; Marc Craps; Milena Alía Yepez; María Fernanda SolízItem type: Item , Waste picking and as social provisioning: constructing a socially regenerative circular economy(2021) Melanie Valencia; María Fernanda Solíz; Milena Alía YepezThere is growing pressure to transition to a new economic model from ecological and feminist economics perspectives. Implementing a circular economy in Latin America can be an opportunity to include recyclers and other informal workers in the economy. The sensemaking of becoming a female waste reclaimer leader and how recyclers can fit in this model is explored through in-depth interviews with ten leaders from Colombia and Ecuador. The modifying effect of becoming part of an association is rooted in social provisioning communities formed to exchange material, training and create social safety nets. Through their testimonies, recyclers' demands to be recognized, access waste and be remunerated for their service, are shown to be equivalent to the recognition of care work. A framework that combines the 9Rs of the circular economy with the demands for recyclers' dignity, care-work counting, and environmental justice is presented to promote a socially restorative and regenerative circular economy.Item type: Item , Waste picking as social provisioning: The case for a fair transition to a circular economy(2023) Melanie Valencia; María Fernanda Solíz; Milena Alía Yepez