Region: The Americas

OHS Initiative for Informal Workers – The Case Study of Brazil

OHS Learning Meeting May 2011

Cooperativa Recicla Ourinhos (English)

Recicla Ourinhos is a cooperative whose 80 members are contracted by the municipality to provide services for collection, assessment, improvement...

Boletín Recicladores, No.1 – Año 2012

Recyclers in Nicaragua: A Productive and Environmental Force

Recyclers in Nicaragua: A Productive and Environmental ForceRecyclers in Nicaragua: A Productive and Environmental Force from Erik Flakoll...

Out of the Shadows

A blog written by Jenna Harvey while she was a Fulbright student in 2013-2014.

Summary of Legal Framework on Domestic Work in Peru

Summary of materials related to the legal framework for domestic workers.Review of the main pieces of legislation related to this occupational...

El Reciclador: Un Profesional del Siglo XXI

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

VIDEO: Inclusive recycling systems – video chronicles from Buenos Aires: Roberto Díaz

This is one in a series of videos produced by Sonia Dias, WIEGO’s Waste Picker Sector Specialist.   In Spanish with English subtitles. ...

Entrevista con Neida Clara Tamayo Torrico (English Subtitles)

(Español) Neida Clara Tamayo Torrico de la Red de Recolectores de Santa Cruz, Bolivia discute algunas de las dificultades que enfrentan los...

VIDEO: Mesa-debate “Clasificadores y derecho a la ciudad”

This video is in Spanish. Lucia Fernandez, Waste Picker Sector Advisor for WIEGO, provides an urban perspective on the displacement of waste...