All posts in Waste Pickers
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Stories/Case Studies
Wanted: Space in the City
A group of impoverished waste pickers in Munger, Bihar, India organized to protest the demolition of their traditional homes to make way...
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Presentations
City Strategies and Urban Planning from Different Perspectives – An Urban Planner, Homeworkers, Waste Pickers and Migrant Workers
Presentation at WIEGO Colloquium, ‘World Class Cities’ and the Urban Informal Economy: Inclusive Planning for the Working Poor
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Fact Sheets/Infographics
No Cushion to Fall Back On: The Global Economic Crisis and Informal Workers – Fact Sheet
Report available in English here.Informe disponible en español aquí.Fact Sheet available in English here.Ficha Técnica disponible en español...
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WIEGO Network Newsletters
Récupération en Afrique, Volume 2.1
Available in English here.
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Toolkits and Guides
No Hay Fronteras Para los que Luchan, marzo-abril 2013
Boletín de la Alianza Global de Recicladores, marzo-abril, 2013 Available in English here. Disponível em Português aqui. Disponible en español...
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Fact Sheets/Infographics
Carbon Finance for Waste Picker Organizations
Some waste picker organizations are interested in earning income from the sale of carbon credits in order to improve their personal and collective...
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Audiovisual Materials
A World of Waste – South2North Video
Redi Tihabi, host of global talk show South2North, chats about waste with Cecilia Njenga, head of the United Nations Environmental Programme,...
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Toolkits and Guides
Chintan: No Child in Trash, Volume 1
On the first of this series of newsletters Chintan wrote “In this inaugural issue of our quarterly newsletter, some basic facts about...
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Audiovisual Materials
Flash Mob Reciclagem Popular – Minas Gerais
Mais de 300 pessoas, entre catadores de materiais recicláveis e apoiadores da causa, participaram do Flah Mob Reciclagem Popular que aconteceu...
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Audiovisual Materials
VIDEO: Federico Parra (Colombia) – Recognition of the ‘Recicladores’ as Public Managers of Waste in Colombia
The Municipal Services Project conference held in April 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa brought together researchers, activists, labour,...
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