1. What is Jardim Gramacho? Where is it located?
Jardim Gramacho is a landfill. It is located at Rio de Janeiro and surrounding areas.
2. What are catadores? What has their contribution to Jardim Gramacho been?
The catadores are anarchic community of scavengers during the economic crises of the 70’s and 80’s. Their contribution to Jardim Gramacho has been removing 200 tons of recyclable materials each day.
3. How many catadores live in Jardim Gramacho?
13,000
4. How has the catadores job been formalized by the government? When does it end? What effect could this have?
The catadores job had been formalized by the government by establishing the job and rehabilitating the landfill. It will end in 2012.It would put many people out of work and homes.
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