Refusing to be Cast Aside: Waste Pickers Organising Around the World

By Samson Melanie on January 01, 2009

Abstract: This book examines organizing among waste pickers from different perspectives. Examples are drawn from around the world and the focus of analysis ranges from life-stories of waste pickers to waste picking in the context of a global trend of privatization of waste management. However, the key theme is waste pickers’ organizations. The organizations that are studied include mainly cooperatives, but also a trade union, and a private company. Furthermore, one of the chapters analyses broader networks and federations of waste pickers’ organizations, bringing together waste pickers regionally, nationally, and globally.

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Melanie, Samson. Refusing to be Cast Aside: Waste Pickers Organising Around the World. , , . WIEGO, 2009. Melanie, S. (2009). Refusing to be Cast Aside: Waste Pickers Organising Around the World. , , . Melanie, Samson. "Refusing to be Cast Aside: Waste Pickers Organising Around the World." WIEGO, 2009, .Melanie Samson. "Refusing to be Cast Aside: Waste Pickers Organising Around the World." (2009). Melanie, S 2009, 'Refusing to be Cast Aside: Waste Pickers Organising Around the World', . Samson Melanie, 'Refusing to be Cast Aside: Waste Pickers Organising Around the World' (2009). Melanie S. Refusing to be Cast Aside: Waste Pickers Organising Around the World. . 2009. Melanie, Samson. Refusing to be Cast Aside: Waste Pickers Organising Around the World. . 2009. , .

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