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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Waste Pickers Infographic, 2017

    This infographic was produced by WIEGO using the latest statistics and research on the waste picker sector.

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Organizing Waste Management Workers: The South African Experience

    This booklet describes how workers and employers have organized in South Africa’s waste management sector. The booklet is based on research...

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  • Presentations

    Wastepickers and the right to the city: Forging a new conceptualization of “the public” in waste management

    Presentation during Session 6 of the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference “Waste Pickers: Conceptualization of ‘The Public’...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Feeding Families: Meet Grace from Ghana

    Open dumps pose major environmental and health concerns. They also provide incomes for million of people worldwide. Waste picker Grace Avemegah...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Informal Workers in Focus: Waste Collectors

    También disponible en español aquí

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    GreenHub

    From the website: The Green Hub at MIT is a collaborative project of MIT’s CoLab, Oxfam Great Britain (GB), and the Presencing Institute....

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Nohra Padilla, Third Generation Recycler and Advocate for Organizing the Working Poor

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Boletim WIEGO das Organizações de Base dezembro 2011

    Edição de dezembro 2011

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Alianza Global de Recicladores Boletín, Abril 2012

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    S’organiser en Afrique du Sud: les options pour les collecteurs de déchets

    Sommaire de rapport 3 de regroupement de WIEGO

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