Gender and Waste Project

The Informal Sector in Waste Recycling in Egypt

Repensando a articulação entre catadores, gestão integrada e sustentável de resíduous sólidos e desenvolvimento

Este artigo intenta explorar alguns dos desafios, paradoxos e limites no processo de associação do lixo à cidadania, chamando particularmente...

Belo Horizonte Selective Waste Collection Programme

Engendering Waste Pickers Cooperatives in Brazil

Women waste pickers experience multiple forms of oppression within the sector, despite the invisibility of these specific gender-based vulnerabilities....

Overview of Legal Framework for Social Inclusion in Solid Waste Management in Brazil

Rethinking Gender and Waste: Exploratory Findings from Participatory Action Research in Brazil

This article focuses on how women waste pickers identify and deal with hierarchical gender relations. Based on findings from an exploratory...

Recovering resources, creating opportunities: Integrating the informal sector into solid waste management

Waste Pickers Lead the Way to Zero Waste

This is a case study, published by GAIA, about waste pickers in Pune, India.

Integrating the Informal Sector in Solid Waste Management Systems – Basic Aspects and Experiences

The e-waste conundrum: Balancing evidence from the North and on-the-ground developing countries’ realities for improved managementAfrican Review of Economics and Finance

Abstract from African Review of Economics and Finance: E-waste is currently the fastest-growing waste stream, posing major global management...