Waste Pickers

God is My Alarm Clock: A Brazilian Waste Picker’s Story

The story of an informal worker, Mrs. Maria Brás, who was a tireless force in the struggle of waste pickers in Brazil to overcome persecution...

Proceso de integración de los cartoneros de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Del reconocimiento a la gestión de Centros Verdes y la recolección selectiva

En Argentina, y en particular en su Capital Federal (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires / CABA), la problemática asociada a los recolectores...

Self-Employed Proletarians in an Informal Factory: The Case of Cali’s Garbage DumpWorld Development (Pergamon Press)

Summary: This paper presents data on the organization of work among the scavengers on the garbage dump in the city of Cali, Colombia. Garbage...

Respect for Recyclers: Protecting the Climate through Zero Waste

Caracterización de la población de clasificadores de residuos de Montevideo

Este análisis se propone aportar al conocimiento de las características particulares del colectivo conformado por los hogares clasificadores...

The Occupational Health of Waste Pickers in Pune: KKPKP and SWaCH Members Push for Health Rights

This report from the union of waste pickers, KKPKP, in Pune, India details the interventions of the union to improve the health of their...

Forging a New Conceptualization of “The Public” in Waste Management

The involvement of informal workers in municipal service delivery is generally theorized and studied as a key component of a neoliberal privatization...

First Take: Waste – Global Challenge, Latin American Lessons ReVista (Harvard Review of Latin America)

Waste—its generation, collection and disposal—is a major global challenge in the 21st century. This is the lead article of the special issue...

Certification of Occupational Skills

This document emphasizes the transformation of the waste management model and the labor certification process, which is a recognition of...

Proyecto de reconocimiento de la situación de derechos humanos de los recicladores en latinoamérica: El caso de Ciudad de México, México

El presente documento describe en qué consiste la labor de los trabajadores voluntarios, la forma en que se realiza, las condiciones de salud...