Theme: Inclusive Recycling and Waste Management

Integrating Waste Pickers into Municipal Solid Waste Management in Pune, India

No person should have to be immersed in solid waste for their livelihood, yet every day hundreds of thousands of informal waste pickers in...

Construindo a cidadania: avanços e limites do Projeto de Coleta Seletiva em parceria com a ASMARE

O Fórum Municipal Lixo e Cidadania: Uma plataforma de Inclusão Social e Participação

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

Trajetόrias e Memόrias dos Fόruns Lixo e Cidadania No Brasil: Experimentos Singulares de Justiça Social e Governança Participativa

Summary available in English here.

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

Trajectories and Memories – Waste and Citizenship Forums: Unique Experiments of Social Justice and Participatory Governance

Summary of PhD Thesis by Sonia Maria Dias. Full thesis available in Portuguese here.

Dumping on Women: Gender and privatisation of waste management

Report on Scrap Collectors, Scrap Traders, and Recycling Enterprises in Pune

WIEGO’s Position on Dump Closures

Livelihood plans must be an integral component of any dump closure process  Waste pickers around the globe contribute to a cleaner environment,...