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: Francisco Suarez

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

VIDEO: Claudia from Recicla Ourinhos (São Paulo), Gender and Waste

Claudia from Recicla Ourinhos (São Paulo) cooperative talks about her participation at the workshop on women waste pickers, some of the topics...

Mexico’s Street Vendors Go Solar

Reuters. Roadside food vendors in Mexico’s Oaxaca are re-fitting gas-powered food stalls with solar technology. It’s all thanks to efforts...