The source I found is titled PROFILE OF PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES WASTES PROCESSING BUSINESS UNIT FOR WASTE PICKERS, and is written by Herijanto P. (Department of Business Administration, Politeknik Negeri Malang)
Fiernaningsih N. (Department of Business Administration, Politeknik Negeri Malang)
Widjanarko (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politeknik Negeri Malang). This article talked about “used plastic water bottles waste pickers can be categorized as one of the informal sector’s component. They work for themselves by picking up used water bottles and selling them to the waste collectors. The problem to be solved in this research is How the Most Appropriate Used Plastic Water Bottles Business Model for Waste Pickers Is that enables them to be categorized as formal sector”. This paper interviewed and analyzed 96 waste workers. The research “concluded that waste collectors offer limitless demands, while the ability of waste pickers to meet the demand is still limited”. It was also concluded “that Plastic Water Bottles Wastes Processing Business Unit for Waste Pickers is feasible to run” if run with a specific business model. Something I learned from this work would be that people can make a decent living being a waste worker. It was also informing to see the data showed in the paper.
Work Cited
Herijanto, P., et al. “Profile Of Plastic Water Bottles Wastes Processing Business Unit For Waste Pickers.” Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, vol. 69, no. 9, 2017, pp. 182–190., doi:10.18551/rjoas.2017-09.23.
Carrson Davis 