All posts in Waste Pickers
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Research Reports
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...
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Research Reports
Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Bogotá, Colombia
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Research Reports
Urban informality and building a more inclusive, resilient and green economy
The green economy and climate resilience agendas are widely promoted as solutions to 21st century challenges facing sustainable development....
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Research Reports
Cooling Agents: An Examination of the role of the Informal Recycling Sector in Mitigating Climate Change
Intuition and common sense suggest that recycling waste mitigates greenhouse gases. Now, data from all over the developed world shows this...
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Journal Articles
Public Space, Public Waste, and the Right to the City
Abstract: I draw on my experiences as an organizer with a waste-pickers collective, Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat in Pune, India,...
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Journal Articles
Amplifying voice, visibility and validity. Waste pickers in Jo’burg citySouth African Labour Bulletin
The November/December 2017 edition of the South African Labour Bulletin features the article, “Amplifying voice, visibility and validity....
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Journal Articles
Wasted Citizenship: Reclaimers and the Privatised Expansion of the Public Sphere
Dakar, Senegal: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa.
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Rescaling the State, Restructuring Social Relations
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Working Papers
Eficiência e Solidariedade nas Associações de Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis
As associações e cooperativas de catadores são formadas a partir da situação de vulnerabilidade social dos seus membros. A maior parte dos...
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Organizing Briefs
Options for Organizing Waste Pickers in South Africa
This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs.
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