Climate Change and Informal Recycling: An NGO and a Private Sector Partnership in Bogotá

This chapter illuminates the crucial and often unrecognized role that developing world informal recyclers play in reducing the risks associated with climate change.

“Project Pennsylvania,” a pilot program launched by four multinational corporations and a nongovernmental organization in Bogotá, Colombia, serves as an illustrative example that highlights how innovative recycling partnerships can contribute to efficient solid waste management systems in low-income countries as well as provide environmental, economic, and social risk reduction and value creation.