Environmental health: the profession of recyclable material collector with a critical theoretical study approach

Abstract

Knowing that epistemology means studying science with a view to its implications for theories of knowledge, this study aims not to enter into its purely conceptual merits but rather to conjecture and show scientific paths from a critical approach to environmental health with its repercussions for waste pickers. In an attempt to transcribe the paths of science regarding the proposed theme, this study aims to relate the problem of urban solid waste with the recyclable material collector profession, focusing on environmental health via a critical theoretical study of literature review. We understand that we need to question the paths leading the recyclable material collector profession toward a leading role in the possible solutions for the accumulation of urban solid waste, confronting ineffective economic, political, and technological issues.

Keywords:
Health and Environment; Environmental Health; Critical Epistemology; Recyclable Material Collector