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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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  • Research Reports

    On the Road to Zero Waste

    This set of zero waste case studies profiles nine diverse communities, each providing a real-world example of authentic progress toward the...

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  • Journal Articles

    Bwala Five FiveWorld Environment Magazine

    This photodocumentary about “Ghana: Picking Waste for a Living” begins on page 56.

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  • Research Reports

    Waste Pickers in Brazil: promoting sustainable development through poverty eradication policies

    Concept note presented for 69th United Nations General Assembly’s Side Event organized by the Presidency of Brazil and CEMPRE.

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  • Journal Articles

    Gender and informal livelihoods: Coping strategies and perceptions of waste pickers in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America

    This article (read the abstract here) was published in a special issue of the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. The special...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    La Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Recicladores website

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Community Sanitation and Recycling Organization (CSARO)

    From the website: Community Sanitation and Recycling Organization (CSARO) is a Cambodian Non-Governmental organization (NGO) established...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    History of Coopcent; Binning through Victoria; Beyond Gramacho; Além de Gramacho; Cooperpires

    Link: http://pswm.uvic.ca/media-video/

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Boletín Informativo de WIEGO para OBM julio 2011

    julio 2011

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