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17 Colo. J. Int'l Envtl. L. & Pol'y 165 (2005-2006)
Feminizing Waste: Waste-Picking as an Empowerment Opportunity for Women and Children in Impoverished Communities

handle is hein.journals/colenvlp17 and id is 171 raw text is: Feminizing Waste: Waste-Picking as an Empowerment Opportunity for Women and Children in Impoverished Communities Catherine A. Madsen* ABSTRACT The crisis of excessive waste in developing countries, coupled with a high rate of poverty, has created an abundant labor force of waste- pickers at dumpsites in urban areas. Although the increasing number of waste-pickers is considered a sign of growing poverty and a problem to be eliminated, an examination of the economic and environmental contributions of waste-pickers has received scant attention. In addition, an exploration of strategies to improve the livelihoods of waste-pickers that takes advantage of their expertise and experience in recycling and environmental sustainability is also lacking. Instead, industrialized models of waste management strategies have been proposed to address the waste crisis. These models are inappropriate because they fail to account for current economic, social, and political conditions of the * Catherine A. Madsen is a Class of 2006 candidate for the Juris Doctor degree at the University of Colorado School of Law. She received her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and her M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In addition to the editors of the Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy, the author would like to thank Judith Madsen, Jon Madsen, and Matthew Tracy for their continued support and encouragement throughout the writing of this paper and her legal education. The author also wants to thank Kiya Marie Tracy for continually reminding her that enchantment is most often found in the ordinary and overlooked. This paper was written in memory of the author's father and uncle, David W. Madsen and Philip Madsen, two exceptional and inspirational men who taught her to question and challenge the status quo. Their guidance is very much missed.

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