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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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