Climate Change and Just Transition

A Green Army is Ready to Keep Plastic Waste Out of the Ocean

This OpEd looks at the millions of waste pickers worldwide whose work gathering material is helping keep the oceans healthier.

Incineração de resíduos e Catadores: Um guia técnico sobre tecnologias de recuperação energética de resíduos sólidos

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Waste Incineration and Informal Livelihoods: A Technical Guide on Waste-to-Energy Initiatives

This brief provides waste picker organizations, policymakers and practitioners with information about waste-to-energy initiatives, and solid...

Reducing Waste in Coastal Cities through Inclusive Recycling

The RWCC Project Waste pickers worldwide contribute significantly in preventing ocean waste pollution by recycling and reusing materials...

Not to be Taken for Granted: What Informal Waste Pickers Offer the Urban Economy

WIEGO Waste Sector Specialist Sonia Dias argues for a holistic approach to solid waste management that recognises the economic and environmental...

Paying Waste Pickers for Environmental Services: A Critical Examination of Options Proposed in Brazil

This Brief synthesizes the main conclusions of the research and the methodology proposed by the Brazilian Institute for Applied Economic...

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...

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