Limites e potencialidades para a organização coletiva de catadores de materiais recicláveis no município de Laranjeiras do Sul/ PR

Abstract

This graduation thesis has as its theme the collective organization of waste pickers as an alternative in order to reduce the deprivations of liberty in which they live. The main goal of this study was the identification of limits and potentials in the collective organization of collectors of recyclable materials from the city of Laranjeiras do Sul/PR. Prospects for social organization and its contribution to the development of waste pickers are presented. Through personal interviews the profile of waste pickers in Laranjeiras do Sul/PR was surveyed, and this was related to the dilemma of the deprivation of freedoms in which they live. Based on this data, the limits and potentials were analyzed for the collective organization of waste pickers in the city. This study is featured as a case studie and was built from literature, using descriptive and explanatory methods, with a qualitative approach, the instrument for data collection was the questionnaire applied through interviews with collectors of recyclable materials in the city of Laranjeiras do Sul/PR, Paraná state. The results showed that waste pickers live with numerous deprivations of freedoms, such as low income, low education, old age, low self-esteem, deprivations that reduce their chances of reaching adequate living conditions. In addition, these hardships are often a boundary limiting their ability for social and collective organization.