Climate Change and Just Transition

Waste Pickers and Carbon Finance: Issues to Consider

This Technical Brief clarifies the requirements for carbon finance mechanisms to provide an assessment of whether informal waste picker membership-based...

Promoting Low-Carbon Transport in India and the Challenges of Social Inclusion: Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Case Studies in India

On the Road to Zero Waste

This set of zero waste case studies profiles nine diverse communities, each providing a real-world example of authentic progress toward the...

Forging a New Conceptualization of “The Public” in Waste Management

The involvement of informal workers in municipal service delivery is generally theorized and studied as a key component of a neoliberal privatization...

Informality and Inclusive Green Growth

Waste Pickers and Cities

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.  

A cross-sectional survey to assess household sanitation practices associated with uptake of “Clean Team” serviced home toilets in Kumasi, Ghana

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.  

Posicionamento da WIEGO sobre FECHAMENTO DE LIXÕES

Waste Pickers on the Global Stage Fighting Climate Change

Millions of informal waste pickers globally contribute to the conservation of natural resources and energy while reducing air/water pollution...

Un nouveau projet qui explore comment les récupérateurs et récupératrices de matériaux peuvent aider à résoudre la crise des déchets plastiques dans les océans

Un entretien (Q&R) avec Taylor Cass Talbott Il est difficile de passer à côté des images choquantes de tas de plastiques flottant au...