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Research Reports
Can Waste-Picking Be a Good Career?
This Next City article, about KKPKP and SWaCH, has been posted here on WIEGO’s website with permission from Next City.
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Journal Articles
Repensando a articulação entre catadores, gestão integrada e sustentável de resíduous sólidos e desenvolvimento
Este artigo intenta explorar alguns dos desafios, paradoxos e limites no processo de associação do lixo à cidadania, chamando particularmente...
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Journal Articles
Recycling Livelihoods: A Global Network Supports Waste-Pickers in Latin America
Standing for long hours in line to receive your first paycheck may sound pretty stressful. However, for recyclers in Bogotá, their first...
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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...
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Books & Book Chapters
The Roadmap to Sustainable and Inclusive Solid Waste Systems A Tale of two Cities
The chapter is on pages 41-47.
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Research Reports
Waste and Citizenship Forums – Achievements and Limitations
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Research 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...
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Research Reports
List of literature related to the Informal Sector in Solid Waste Management
Other publications about solid waste management and the informal sector
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Working Papers
Gestão de Resíduos Sólidos, Catadores, Participação e Cidadania – Novas Articulações?
This paper traces back the origins of the conceptual framework Integrated Sustainable Solid Waste Management, and examines how this concept...
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Research Reports
Failing the Grade: How Cities Across India are Breaking the Rules, Ignoring the Informal Recycling Sector and Unable to Make the Grade
Indian policies and rules, while not perfect, have some important safeguards and recognition for informal sector recyclers, particularly...
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