Occupational Group: Waste Pickers

Waste Pickers’ Life & Livelihood

The contributions waste pickers—the majority of whom are women—make to recycle and cut down on overall garbage burned or buried is being...

VIDEO: Space for Waste Pickers in Solid Waste Management

A video report on the First Global Strategic Workshop for Waste Pickers

Dogtown Redemption Film Website

WASTE Bulletin October 2013

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

Negotiating the Recycling Bonus Law: Waste Pickers and Collective Bargaining in Minas Gerais, Brazil

This case study examines negotiations between the Waste Pickers National Movement (Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Reciclᶥis),  or MNCR...

National Brazilian Waste Policy

“This is a law document. This law establishes the Brazilian National Policy on Solid Waste; it amends the Law no. 9,605, February 12,...

Recyclers in Nicaragua: A Productive and Environmental Force

Recyclers in Nicaragua: A Productive and Environmental ForceRecyclers in Nicaragua: A Productive and Environmental Force from Erik Flakoll...

No hay fronteras para los que luchan. Agosto-septiembre 2014

Boletín de la Alianza Global de Recicladores, Agosto-septiembre 2014 Read the newsletter in English. Leer el boletín en español. Leia o boletim...

En portada – Ciberbasura sin fronteras

Según Naciones Unidas, Europa produce cerca de 50 millones de toneladas de basura electrónica al año, de la que gran parte acaba en los vertederos...

Waste Pickers Around the World Database

The WAW database is the sum of several existing databases with information about waste picker organizations in Africa, Asia and Latin America....