Waste Pickers and Climate Change Mitigation

New calculator reveals the amount of equivalent CO2 mitigated by waste picker activity

In time for the COP 26 United Nations Climate Change Conference, a new tool for calculating greenhouse gas emissions mitigated by waste pickers...

Ecosystem of Waste: The Role of Waste Pickers and Street Vendors in Curbing Coastal Pollution at Carnaval in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

Press Release: Ghana waste pickers say closure threatens survival and demand government support

A decision to close landfills imminently is threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of waste pickers in both Accra and Kumasi, Ghana. Those...

Reclaiming Livelihoods: The Role of Reclaimers in Municipal Waste Management Systems