Occupational Group: Waste Pickers

Informal Economy Budget Analysis: Greater Monrovia

Reclaiming Livelihoods: The Role of Reclaimers in Municipal Waste Management Systems

WIEGO Report on the Policy Environment of Informal Urban Waste Pickers and Artisanal Mine Workers in Colombia

Recycling in Belo Horizonte, Brazil – An Overview of Inclusive Programming

Brazil is one of the world’s most progressive countries in integrating waste pickers in solid waste management systems, and Belo Horizonte...

No Cushion to Fall Back On The Global Economic Crisis and Informal Workers – Full Report

The research shows that informal enterprises and informal wage workers are affected in many of the same ways as formal firms and formal wage...

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Nakuru, Kenya

Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadores e Catadoras em Pune, na Índia

City Report (English)

City Report: Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Durban, South Africa

Informal recycling and occupational health in Santo André, Brazil

Abstract: The collection of recyclables is a widespread activity among urban poor, particularly in countries with large socio-economic disparities....

Reclaiming the World’s Waste: Waste Pickers Organizing for Inclusion