Waste Pickers

Estimating Domestic Workers, Home-Based Workers, Street Vendors and Waste Pickers in India

Mapping the Invisible and Real ‘African’ Economy: Urban E-waste CircuitryUrban Geography

Alleviating Poverty and Greening the City: Women Rag Pickers of Mumbai

International Conference “O Combate à Pobreza e à Exclusão Social : estratégias para o século XXI”

Enfrentando a Crise: Recessão Persistente,Inflação Crescente, e a Força de Trabalho Informal (Sumário Executivo)

Report available in English here. Relatório disponível em português aqui. Informe disponible en español aquí.  

Assessment of a SWM System: Social Impacts on Former Waste Pickers. Case Study: San Carlos City, Philippines

Summary: Solid waste represents a major problem in developing countries due to the lack of regulations and inappropriate management among...

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Bogotá, Colombia

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...

Bwala Five FiveWorld Environment Magazine

This photodocumentary about “Ghana: Picking Waste for a Living” begins on page 56.

Waste Pickers in Brazil: promoting sustainable development through poverty eradication policies

Concept note presented for 69th United Nations General Assembly’s Side Event organized by the Presidency of Brazil and CEMPRE.

Gender and informal livelihoods: Coping strategies and perceptions of waste pickers in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America

This article (read the abstract here) was published in a special issue of the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. The special...