Waste Pickers

Producing Privatization: Re-articulating Race, Gender, Class and Space

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Peru and Metropolitan Lima

This paper analyzes the national, regional and local budgeting allocations for programmes and services targeting (directly or indirectly)...

World at work: Brazilian ragpickers

Informal Recycling and Collection of Solid Wastes in Developing Countries: Issues and Opportunities

Institute of Advanced Studies Working Paper. No. 24

Waste Pickers: A Gendered Perspective

Learning to Re-E-Cycle

Published by Chintan

Executive Summary – Informal Economy IEMS Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is a qualitative and quantitative study designed to evaluate the reality of these workers’ lives....

Hacia una alianza global de recicladores (Towards a Global Alliance of Wastepickers)

Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Waste Pickers

Waste pickers are one of the three urban informal worker groups – along with street vendors and home-based workers – who are the focus of...

Informal recycling and occupational health in Santo André, Brazil

Abstract: The collection of recyclables is a widespread activity among urban poor, particularly in countries with large socio-economic disparities....