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  • Toolkits and Guides

    WASTE Bulletin September 2014

    Newsletter from WASTE Advisers on Urban Environment and Development More information about WASTE is here.

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  • External Blog Posts/Op Eds

    Urb.im – Mapping Bangalore’s Waste

    This blog post, Mapping Bangalore’s Waste, was written by WIEGO’s writer/editor, Carlin Carr.

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  • Databases

    Catadores(as) ao Redor do Mundo

    A base de dados WAW foi consolidada através de várias pesquisas e dados existentes sobre catadores de materiais recicláveis na África, Ásia...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Modificaciones a la Ley General de Residuos Sólidos

    Decreto Legislativo No 1065, que modifica la Ley No 27314, Ley General de Residuos Sólidos

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Nohra Padilla Speaks at the ILC

    Video. Intervención en Comité Tripartita en la OIT sobre la necesidad de incluir a las cooperativas en la Recomendación sobre la transición...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Sonia Dias on Gender and Waste

    WIEGO’s Waste Pickers Sector Specialist, Sonia Dias, talks about the challenges women waste pickers face and how empowering them can...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    ARB: Fighting for an Inclusive Model for Recycling in Bogota

    The Bogotá success demonstrates that the inclusion of waste pickers within the waste management system is possible through continuous effort...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    WASTE Bulletin March 2016

    Newsletter from WASTE Advisers on Urban Environment and Development. Featured in this issue: – a new series on sustainable financing...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Ferramenta No 2: Consciência das Relações de Gênero – Atividade de Ping-pong

    Da Teoria à Ação: Gênero e Reciclagem de Resíduos Um Kit de Ferramentas para Professores, Pesquisadores e Profissionais

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Nohra Padilla, the Voice of Bogota’s Recycler at COP21

    Nohra Padilla, a Colombian waste picker/recycler advocate and recipient of the 2013 Goldman Environmental Award, is interviewed by Cities...

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