Belo Horizonte

Waste Picker Collectives and Climate Vulnerability in Belo Horizonte

This resource maps the locations of sorting sheds used by Belo Horizonte’s cooperatives and associations, comparing them with the municipality’s...

CATA – Climate Change and Women Waste Pickers

Belo Horizonte

Weaving Webs of Knowledge, Action and Affection

This e-book compiles photos, learnings and reflections gathered by WIEGO’s Rhonda Douglas based on her research gathered in 2020 and 2021...

Tecendo Redes de Conhecimento, Ação e Afeto

Essa publicação digital toma como ponto de partida a história de impacto escrita por Rhonda Douglas, da WIEGO, com base nas informações coletadas...

‘The Pretty Ones’

This is the story of Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes, the secretary of the ASCITO waste picker cooperative that is supported by WIEGO through...

« Les belles filles »

Voici le témoignage de Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes, secrétaire de la coopérative de récupératrice·eur·s de matériaux ASCITO, soutenue...

“Las bonitas”

Esta es la historia de Jennifer Thaís Santos Fernandes, la secretaria de la cooperativa de recicladorxs ASCITO, que cuenta con el apoyo de...

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...

God is My Alarm Clock: A Brazilian Waste Picker’s Story

The story of an informal worker, Mrs. Maria Brás, who was a tireless force in the struggle of waste pickers in Brazil to overcome persecution...