Skip To Content

Waste Pickers

All posts in Waste Pickers

  • 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.

    Read More
  • Global Reports

    Sem almofadas para amenizar o tombo – Sumário Executivo

    Report available in English here. Informe disponible en español aquí. Fact Sheet available in English here. Ficha Técnica disponible en español...

    Read More
  • Research Reports

    Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadores de Nakuru, Quênia

    Read More
  • Journal Articles

    Il sapere urbano del clasificadores (The knowledge of urban recyclers) Lo Squaderno Urban Knowledges, Explorations in Space and Society

    Read More
  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary: Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Waste Pickers

    The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive...

    Read More
  • Journal Articles

    The Work and Lives of Street Waste Pickers in Pretoria—A Case Study of Recycling in South Africa’s Urban Informal EconomyUrban Forum

    Abstract: High levels of unemployment are a permanent feature in the urban areas of many developing countries. South Africa is no exception...

    Read More
  • Project Reports

    Waste Picker Cooperatives in Developing Countries

    Paper prepared for WIEGO/Cornell/SEWA Conference on Membership-Based Organizations of the Poor, Ahmedabad, India, January 2005

    Read More
  • Global Reports

    No Cushion to Fall Back On – Executive Summary

    Report available in English here.Informe disponible en español aquí.Fact Sheet available in English here.Ficha Técnica disponible en español...

    Read More
  • WIEGO Publication Series

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil and Belo Horizonte

    This paper provides an analysis of government budgets related to specific groups of informal workers in Belo Horizonte, the capital of the...

    Read More
  • Organizing Briefs

    Organizing on the Streets: A Study of Reclaimers in the Streets of Cape Town

     This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs.

    Read More