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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Recomendaciones para la prevención de la enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19) entre las trabajadoras y los trabajadores del sector de los residuos sólidos

    Este documento establece orientaciones específicas para las personas recicladoras sobre cómo protegerse contra la exposición a la enfermedad...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Recommandations sur la prévention de la maladie à coronavirus (COVID-19) chez les travailleuses et travailleurs du secteur des déchets solides

    Ce document fournit  des lignes directrices sur la manière dont les récupératrices et récupérateurs doivent se protéger contre l’exposition...

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  • waste pickers Toolkits and Guides

    Recommendations for the prevention of Coronavirus (COVID-19) among solid waste workers

    Specific guidelines for waste pickers and their organizations on how to protect against exposure to COVID-19 while collecting and sorting...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Coronavirus & Waste Pickers: Decreasing the Risks

    Poster/Graphic WIEGO’s Cuidar Project in Brazil focuses on understanding the health risks waste pickers face in the workplace.  To support...

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  • Brazilian catadores with truck News
    SSE and Cooperatives September 21, 2019

    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...

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  • Policy Briefs

    Overview of the Legal Framework for Inclusion of Informal Recyclers in Solid Waste Management in Brazil

    Brazil has replaced repressive policies on waste picking with new inclusive policies that give legal backing to redistributive measures and...

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Statistics on Waste Pickers in Brazil

    In the current economic downturn, the job of waste picker has taken on new importance as an employment opportunity for those with limited...

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  • Research Reports

    Relatórios das Cidades, Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal – Catadoras e Catadores em Belo Horizonte, Brasil

    The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide in-depth understanding of how informal workers are affected by and respond...

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  • Research Reports

    Our Children Do Not Get the Attention They Deserve

    This report presents the results of a five-city research study examining informal women workers’ access to child care in Brazil, Ghana,...

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  • Policy Briefs

    The Municipal Waste and Citizenship Forum: A Platform for Social Inclusion and Participation

    A critical source of success of the Belo Horizonte model of including waste pickers into urban plans has been the high level of organization...

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