All posts in Climate Change and Just Transition
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Journal Articles
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.
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Technical Briefs
Incineração de resíduos e Catadores: Um guia técnico sobre tecnologias de recuperação energética de resíduos sólidos
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Technical Briefs
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...
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Project
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...
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Research Reports
Give Back Our Waste
Summary from Chintan: Waste-to-Energy (WtE), the process of creating energy from waste, has gained broad appeal domestically and internationally...
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Journal Articles
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...
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Technical Briefs
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...
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Research Reports
The Informal Recycling Market in Ormoc City, Philippines: Evaluation of Options to Enhance Resources Recovery and to Reduce GHG Emissions
In many developing countries the informal sector significantly contributes to resources recovery, which assists in reducing greenhouse gas...
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Technical Briefs
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...
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Books & Book Chapters
Medio ambiente y desarrollo. Miradas feministas desde ambos hemisferios
Medio ambiente y desarrollo. Miradas feministas desde ambos hemisferios tiene dos objetivos: en primer lugar, visibilizar los vínculos que...
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