Region: Colombia

Review of the Mixed Survey in the Colombian Informal Sector

Prepared for ILO-Latin America/WIEGO Latin America Regional Workshop on Statistics on the Informal Economy, Santiago, Chile

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Bogotá, Colombia

Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadoras e Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis de Bogotá, Colômbia

Asociación Nacional de Recicladores de Colombia

Información sobre la Asociación Nacional de Recicladores de Colombia

VIDEO: The Recognition, Promotion and Remuneration of Informal Waste Pickers

This video, by WIEGO’s Federico Parra, describes the situation of informal waste pickers in Bogota, Colombia.

Nohra Padilla, Third Generation Recycler and Advocate for Organizing the Working Poor

Hacia el cumplimiento del Auto 275 de 2011

Hacia el cumplimiento del Auto 275 de 2011

Waste pickers in Colombia

In “Order 275, dating from 2011,” a lead waste picker interviews two high-level officials, who explain the content of the constitutional...

El Reciclador: Un Profesional del Siglo XXI

Presentado en la Conferencia de los recicladores en Bogotá, Colombia   Also available in English

Nohra Padilla Receives 2013 Goldman Environmental Award

Unfazed by powerful political opponents and a pervasive culture of violence, Nohra Padilla organized Colombia’s marginalized waste pickers...