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News
SSE and Cooperatives September 21, 2019Brazilian 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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Books & Book Chapters
The World’s Scavengers – Salvaging for Sustainable Consumption and Production
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Books & Book Chapters
Dumping on Women: Gender and privatisation of waste management
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Working Papers
Reclaiming Reusable and Recyclable Materials in Africa – A Critical Review of English Language Literature
This paper seeks to include Africa in the current international conversations about the situation of informal workers such as waste pickers....
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Organizing Briefs
Organizing Reclaimers in Tshwane, South Africa: Lessons from the Top Down and Bottom Up Experiences
This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs.
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Research Reports
A Crise Econômica Global e a Economia Informal – Sumario Executivo
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Journal Articles
Health Conditions of Recyclable Waste Pickers
Abstract: The presence of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among vulnerable populations is a rarely discussed subject. Thus, the...
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Research Reports
Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Nakuru, Kenya
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Research Reports
On the Road to Zero Waste
This set of zero waste case studies profiles nine diverse communities, each providing a real-world example of authentic progress toward the...
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Journal Articles
Bwala Five FiveWorld Environment Magazine
This photodocumentary about “Ghana: Picking Waste for a Living” begins on page 56.
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