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Research Reports
List of literature related to the Informal Sector in Solid Waste Management
Other publications about solid waste management and the informal sector
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Journal Articles
Waste Pickers and Cities
This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.
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Research Reports
Failing the Grade: How Cities Across India are Breaking the Rules, Ignoring the Informal Recycling Sector and Unable to Make the Grade
Indian policies and rules, while not perfect, have some important safeguards and recognition for informal sector recyclers, particularly...
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Research Reports
Gênero e Meio Ambiente: A dupla Jornada de Injustiça Ambiental em uma Cooperativa de Mulheres de Catadoras de Materiais Recicláveis.
em português ABSTRACTS: English VALLIN, Isabella de Carvalho. Gender and Environment: the double burden of environmental injustice in...
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Audiovisual Materials
A Beijing Recycler’s Life
This video follows recyclers in Beijing and shares the work they have been doing for 20 years. The video is in Chinese with English subtitles....
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Audiovisual Materials
Catadoras and Catadores: Working in recycling cooperatives
Production: André Carrieri and Jutta Gutberlet The video lasts 27 minutes and describes the work of organized recyclers (catadores) pervading...
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Waste & Gender: Rethinking Relations for Empowerment
Little research exists about gender relations and divisions among waste pickers. A collaborative in Latin America has shed light on the multiple...
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Gender and Waste
A collaborative project involving waste pickers in Latin America has shed light on the multiple levels of discrimination that women waste...
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Waste Pickers
Waste pickers and COVID-19 Statistics on Waste Pickers Driving Forces & Working Conditions Policies & Programmes Organization...
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Building Collective Power March 21, 2019Women Informal Workers Challenge Invisibility in Dakar
In Dakar, Senegal, women continue to face economic and social inequities — from illiteracy to poverty to gender discrimination — but it’s...
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