Recycling Livelihoods: A Global Network Supports Waste-Pickers in Latin America

Standing for long hours in line to receive your first paycheck may sound pretty stressful. However, for recyclers in Bogotá, their first paycheck was a huge victory after more than twenty years of legal and political struggles—proof of the power of committed partnerships between academics and workers in the informal economy.

This is an article in the special issue on Waste of ReVista.