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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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  • Books & Book Chapters

    The Roadmap to Sustainable and Inclusive Solid Waste Systems A Tale of two Cities

    The chapter is on pages 41-47.

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Climate Change

    Wastepickers from around the world bombarded the halls of COP15 to demonstrate their livelihood and chant about the importance of recycling. ...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    MNCR on YouTube

    Title: Essa Gente Vai Longe…. – Parte 1 Documentário MNCR Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtUp9ZSQ7lg&feature Parte 2 Link:...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Organising the Unorganised: A Case Study of the Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (Trade Union of Waste-pickers)

    WIEGO.

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters
  • Toolkits and Guides

    Options for Organizing Waste Pickers in South Africa

    Summary of WIEGO Organizing Brief 3

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Inclusive Urban Planning Press Release from World Urban Forum 6

    This September 4 press release, issued at the World Urban Forum 6 in Naples, calls on urban officials to integrate informal workers into...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Boletín de Noticias Ciudades Inclusivas Enero de 2013

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Landfill Harmonic

    The movie trailer describes “Landfill Harmonic as an upcoming feature-length documentary about a remarkable musical orchestra in Paraguay,...

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