All posts in Waste Pickers
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Policy Briefs
Integrating Informal Workers into Selective Waste Collection: The Case of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
This Briefing Note explores the origin and key elements of public policy focused on the integration of waste pickers in Belo Horizonte, Brazil....
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Journal Articles
Not to be Taken for Granted: What Informal Waste Pickers Offer the Urban Economy
WIEGO Waste Sector Specialist Sonia Dias argues for a holistic approach to solid waste management that recognises the economic and environmental...
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Journal Articles
Revitalising Economies of Disassembly: Informal Recyclers, Development Experts and E-Waste Reforms in BangaloreEconomic and Political Weekly
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Research Reports
Assessment of a SWM System: Social Impacts on Former Waste Pickers. Case Study: San Carlos City, Philippines
Summary: Solid waste represents a major problem in developing countries due to the lack of regulations and inappropriate management among...
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Research Reports
Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Bogotá, Colombia
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Books & Book Chapters
Género y Reciclaje: Herramientas para el diseño e implementación de proyectos
La Guía de Género desarrollada por la Iniciativa Regional para el Reciclaje Inclusivo intenta proveer herramientas prácticas y concretas...
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Research Reports
Estudio en seguridad industrial y salud ocupacional para el caso del trabajo del reciclador en la calle
La producción de desechos y basuras es el resultado ignorado de un modelo de desarrollo capitalista, altamente extractivista para los países...
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Journal Articles
Accumulation by dispossession and the informal economy – Struggles over knowledge, being and waste at a Soweto garbage dumpEnvironment and Planning D: Society and Space
Melanie Samson, former coordinator of WIEGO’s work with waste pickers in Africa, recently published an article entitled “Accumulation...
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Technical Briefs
Using Administrative Law to Secure Informal Livelihoods: Lessons from South Africa
Although informal workers make up the broad base of the work force in many countries, legal frameworks often fail to protect and support...
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Books & Book Chapters
Informação e trabalho: uma leitura sobre os catadores de material reciclável a partir das bases públicas de dados
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