cartonero

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cartonero

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From Spanish cartonero.

noun cartoneros

A person in Latin America who collects discarded waste, such as cardboard, to reuse or resell. Tens of thousands of the unemployed scavenged the streets collecting cardboard, an enduring image that gave rise to the term “cartoneros.”

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"cartonero." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cartonero. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cartonero. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cartonero

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"cartonero." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cartonero.

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@misc{cartonero_2026,
  title = {cartonero},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cartonero},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}