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  • Policy Briefs

    Overview of the Legal Framework for Inclusion of Informal Recyclers in Solid Waste Management in Brazil

    Brazil has replaced repressive policies on waste picking with new inclusive policies that give legal backing to redistributive measures and...

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  • Policy Briefs

    Integrating Waste Pickers into Municipal Solid Waste Management in Pune, India

    No person should have to be immersed in solid waste for their livelihood, yet every day hundreds of thousands of informal waste pickers in...

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  • Research Reports

    Sem almofadas para amenizar o tombo – Sumário Executivo

    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

    Situação Social das Catadoras e dos Catadores de Material Reciclável e Reutilizável (Região Nordeste)

    Coordenação – Sandro Pereira Silva, Fernanda Lira Goes, Albino Rodrigues Alvarez Relatórios sobre outras regiões:Centro-OesteNorteSudesteSul ...

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  • Research Reports

    Relatórios das Cidades, Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal – Catadoras e Catadores em Belo Horizonte, Brasil

    The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide in-depth understanding of how informal workers are affected by and respond...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

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

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  • Research Reports

    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...

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  • Journal Articles

    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....

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  • Research Reports

    Resumen de los principales hallazgos – Cooperación entre trabajadores en la economía informal: Los trabajadores a domicilio y los recicladores

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  • Research Reports

    The Informal Sector in Waste Recycling in Egypt

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