Waste Pickers

Role of Informal Sector Recycling in Waste Management in Developing Countries

Rescaling the State, Restructuring Social Relations

Informal Sector Integration and High Performance Recycling: Evidence from 20 Cities

The global informal recycling sector has come into focus as the base of the industrial value chain. With few exceptions, reports and articles...

Organizing on the Streets: A Study of Reclaimers in the Streets of Cape Town

 This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series. View list of all WIEGO briefs.

A Note on SWaCH

The Role of CBO in Social Protection – some experiences of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), India

Paper prepared for the conference, Rethinking Economy: Social/Solidarity Economy in China and the World, Beijing, China, 27-28th April 2013. ...

Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies

This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included...

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Pune, India

Pune’s Waste Pickers: Realities & Recommendations

Waste Pickers Lead the Way to Zero Waste

This is a case study, published by GAIA, about waste pickers in Pune, India.