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  • Brazilian catadores with truck News
    SSE and Cooperatives September 21, 2019

    Brazilian 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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