Waste Pickers

Alleviating Poverty and Greening the City: Women Rag Pickers of Mumbai

International Conference “O Combate à Pobreza e à Exclusão Social : estratégias para o século XXI”

Revitalising Economies of Disassembly: Informal Recyclers, Development Experts and E-Waste Reforms in BangaloreEconomic and Political Weekly

Situação Social das Catadoras e dos Catadores de Material Reciclável e Reutilizável (Região Centro-Oeste)

Coordenação – Sandro Pereira Silva, Fernanda Lira Goes, Albino Rodrigues Alvarez   Relatórios sobre outras regiões: Nordeste NorteSudeste Sul ...

The Urban Informal Workforce: Waste Pickers/Recyclers

These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...

WIEGO, its work on waste-pickers and the first World Encounter of Waste-pickers in Colombia, 2008

City Report: Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Durban, South Africa

Waste Pickers and Cities

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.  

Waste Pickers: Forging a New Conceptualization of “The Public” in Waste Management

Note from WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference. 

WIEGO’s Position on Dump Closures

Livelihood plans must be an integral component of any dump closure process  Waste pickers around the globe contribute to a cleaner environment,...

KKPKP’s Documentary

The film features KKPKP and the development of SwaCH, a recycling cooperative in Pune, India.View this movie at cultureunplugged.com