Waste Pickers

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....

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...

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,...

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....

Wasted Citizenship: Reclaimers and the Privatised Expansion of the Public Sphere

Dakar, Senegal: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa.

Rescaling the State, Restructuring Social Relations

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...

Options for Organizing Waste Pickers in South Africa

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

Enfrentando a Crise: Recessão Persistente, Inflação Crescente, e a Força de Trabalho Informal

Report available in English here. Relatório disponível em português aqui. Informe disponible en español aquí.  

Role of Informal Recyclers in Small and Medium Towns in India