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  • Research Reports

    Overview of Legal Framework for Social Inclusion in Solid Waste Management in Brazil

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  • Research Reports

    WIEGO Report on the Policy Environment of Informal Urban Waste Pickers and Artisanal Mine Workers in Colombia

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  • Policy Briefs

    The Municipal Waste and Citizenship Forum: A Platform for Social Inclusion and Participation

    A critical source of success of the Belo Horizonte model of including waste pickers into urban plans has been the high level of organization...

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  • Research Reports

    Give Back Our Waste

    Summary from Chintan: Waste-to-Energy (WtE), the process of creating energy from waste, has gained broad appeal domestically and internationally...

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  • Journal Articles

    The Effects of Handling Solid Waste on the Wellbeing of Informal and Organized Recyclers: a review of the literature

    Estimated at 15 million people operating globally, informal recyclers perform a vital public service while working individually or within...

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  • Research Reports

    Learning to Re-E-Cycle

    Published by Chintan

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    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....

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    Un cheval peut-il réellement remplacer un cambion poubelle? La Gestion des Déchets, entre tradition et modernité (Can a horse replace a garbage truck? Waste Management, between tradition and modernity

    Mémoire Master Éthique et Développement Durable, Faculté de Philosophie de Lyon

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    Executive Summary: Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Waste Pickers

    The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive...

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  • Journal Articles

    An analytical framework and tool (‘InteRa’) for integrating the informal recycling sector in waste and resource management systems in developing countries

    Abstract: In low- and middle-income developing countries, the informal (collection and) recycling sector (here abbreviated IRS) is an important,...

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