11th February: The formation of a co-managed waste policy from waste-picker cooperatives. From police persecution to the “Argentina Recicla” program

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Monday 2 February 2026

The formation of a co-managed waste policy from waste-picker cooperatives. From police persecution to the “Argentina Recicla” program

Date and Time: Wednesday, February 11th, 5pm

Place: CAS Library

Title: The formation of a co-managed waste policy from waste-picker cooperatives. From police persecution to the “Argentina Recicla” program

Date and Time: Wednesday, February 11th, 5pm

Place: CAS Library

About Santiago:

Santiago Sorroche holds a Bachelor’s and Doctorate in Social Anthropology from the University of Buenos Aires. He is currently an Adjunct Researcher at CONICET within the Centro de Innovación de los Trabajadores (CITRA) de la Universidad Metropolitana para la Educación y el Trabajo (UMET). His work employs political and economic anthropology to examine the relationship between the global and the local, using a collaborative ethnographic approach with cartonero organizations in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA). He is a Full Professor (in charge) of History of Anthropological Thought at the Faculty of Humanities of the National University of Mar del Plata (FH-UNMDP) and a Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropological Sciences at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Buenos Aires. He is a member of the Collaborative Anthropology Program (CITRA-CONICET/UMET; FFYL-UBA).