Employer-employee and buyer-seller relationships among waste pickers at final disposal site in informal recycling: The case of Bantar Gebang in Indonesia

► Informal recycling was studied in the slums of a final disposal site in Indonesia. ► At least 8 types of recycling actors were identified in the final disposal site. ► Big bosses and big middlemen had direct connections with recycling factories. ► The positions of the recycling actors were not always fixed due to economic status. ► Common ground between formal and informal sectors should be established.