Waste pickers’ cooperatives and social and solidarity economy organizations
Waste pickers make significant contributions to public health, sanitation, and the environment by promoting resource circulation and reducing...
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The Open Dump Dilemma: How to Help the Environment and Respect Human Rights
We’ve all seen the pictures: heaping trash mounds with men and women sifting through the discards. This challenging situation has increased...
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March 1-5: Activities mark Int’l Waste Pickers’ Day
On March 1st, waste pickers around the globe will mark International Waste Pickers’ Day. Activities on that day and through the week...
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Fact Sheets/Infographics
Enfocandonos en las trabajadoras informales: recicladoras de basura
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¿Quién está haciendo realmente más ecológicas las ciudades del futuro?
Junto con el inicio de la COP25, nuestro profundo análisis de dos años de cobertura periodística revela que el ejército ecológico de personas...
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Who’s really “greening” future cities?
As COP25 gets underway, our deep dive into two years of news coverage reveals that the green army of waste pickers leading urban recycling...
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Qui travaille vraiment à l’écologisation des villes d’avenir ?
Alors que la COP25 est lancée, notre couverture détaillée de l’actualité des deux dernières années révèle que l’armée verte de récupératrices...
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Cinco fatos sobre a incineração
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Cinco verdades a saber sobre la incineración
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Five facts about incineration
While municipalities are often encouraged to turn to waste-to-energy (WtE) technologies such as incineration, this is a problematic solution,...
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