Theme: Urban Planning and Design

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

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Bangkok’s Street Vending Ban: A Summary of the Research on the Social and Economic Impacts

Bangkok Street Vending Ban 2016

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...

WIEGO in the World Newsletter

  July 2019  English  |  en Español |  en Français

Brazilian recyclers take the wheel in door to door collection

In Belo Horizonte, Brazil, a new model of selective collection has given informal catadores (recyclers) responsibility for collecting door-to-door...

Waste and Citizenship Forums – Achievements and Limitations

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Hawkers and the Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vending in Seven Cities

The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the problems of street vendors in urban areas. The study discusses the profession...

Street trading in Africa: Demographic trends, planning and trader organisation