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Document ID (ISN)106194
CIS number 07-21
Year 2004
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego
Title Workers' magazine: Garbage collectors - Batteries in urban waste - reduction of household waste
Original title Revista do trabalhador: Coletores de lixo - Pilhas e baterias no lixo urbano - Redução do lixo domiciliar [in Portuguese]
Bibliographic information Fundacentro, Rua Capote Valente 710, São Paulo, SP 05409-002, Brazil, [ca 2004]. Three videotapes (VHS format), 14min, 11min and 13min.
Abstract The first of these videotapes examines the working conditions of garbage collectors, the second highlights the problem of the disposal of increasing numbers of batteries in urban waste and the third addresses the need to reduce the quantities of household waste and to raise awareness of the importance of waste sorting and recycling.
Descriptors (primary) Brazil; conditions of work; training material; pollution control; garbage collectors; waste disposal
Descriptors (secondary) storage batteries; videotape; recycling of materials
Document type C - Training manuals, audiovisual material
Country / State or ProvinceBrazil
Subject(s) Environmental pollution
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) OSH training
Waste collection and disposal
Pollution control