Perfil socioeconômico de catadores de materiais recicláveis em um bairro de Maceió, Alagoas

Abstract

The objective of this research is to present the main aspects that involve the work of the recyclable material collector, the precariousness of work, and his daily struggle for subsistence, translated into exhaustive walks through the city streets. The relevance of this discussion is to be able to contribute more in-depth studies more about the collectors subsistence. The construction of the research was of an exploratory descriptive character, the data were collected through semi-structured interviews with six participants, three of whom work in the collection of materials on the streets and three members of a recycling cooperative located in the serraria neighborhood in the city ofMaceió. The discussions covered in the research are pertinent to Geography, making it possible to work in the classroom with an environmental and social theme, in which it can provoke in the student the critical side about social inequalities and a being aware of socio-spatial problems.