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Waste management in rural South Africa - perspectives from Manfred Max-Neef's human scale development framework

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  • Rinie Schenck
  • Derick Blaauw
  • Charlotte Nell

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The impact of limited or non-existing formalised waste management services in rural areas can have severe consequences for both the community and the environment. Unregulated waste management practices often fill the void, such as indiscriminate dumping, littering and burning waste in the open. Using Max-Neef's human scale development theory lens, a case study of a remote rural town in the Free State Province of South Africa was conducted to investigate the linkages and interdependencies between waste management in the town with other poverties experienced by the residents. The results have guided us towards synergic waste solutions and systemic satisfiers to be developed with the communities that can lead to satisfaction in more than one fundamental human need. Waste management solutions as synergic satisfiers should primarily view waste as a potentially valuable resource to enable greater participation in the enhancement of multiple fundamental human needs.

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  • Rinie Schenck & Derick Blaauw & Charlotte Nell, 2022. "Waste management in rural South Africa - perspectives from Manfred Max-Neef's human scale development framework," International Journal of Sustainable Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 25(1/2), pages 30-52.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijsusd:v:25:y:2022:i:1/2:p:30-52
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