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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Struggles and Victories: Waste Pickers on the Frontline. October 2014-January 2015

    Global Alliance of Waste Pickers Newsletter, October 2014-January 2015 Read the newsletter in English. Leer el boletín en español.   Lire...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    WIEGO MBO Newsletter March 2015

    WIEGO’s March 2015 Newsletter for Membership-Based Organizations of Informal Workers  

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  • Presentations

    Gênero e Empoderamento de Mulheres

    Presentation on Gender and Waste Project with catadores, 9-10 April, Minas Gerais. Apresentação sobre Projeto de Gênero e Resíduos com catadores,...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Inclusive recycling systems – video chronicles from Buenos Aires: Francisco Suarez

    This is one in a series of videos produced by Sonia Dias, WIEGO’s Waste Picker Sector Specialist.   In Spanish with English subtitles. ...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    WIEGO dans le Monde: Newsletter, juillet 2015

    Ce édition du bulletin WIEGO inclut:

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Mulheres atrás do volante: a história de Satvashila Potekar

    No modelo da SWaCH PCMC, a coleta de materiais recicláveis é feita por equipes independentes que consistem de dois coletores e um motorista....

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Struggles and Victories: Waste Pickers on the Frontline. June-October 2015

    Global Alliance of Waste Pickers Newsletter, June-October 2015   Read the newsletter in English.   Leer el boletín en español.   Leia o boletim...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Diseño, herramientas y recomendaciones del proyecto – Cuaderno 2

    Género y reciclaje: De la teoría a la acción Un manual para profesores, investigadores y profesionales.

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  • External Blog Posts/Op Eds

    Be Waste Wise – Sonia Dias on the Informal Economy of Waste Pickers

    This blog post is an interview with Sonia Dias, WIEGO’s Waste Sector Specialist. Here Sonia shares information from the Informal Economy...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Gestão da coleta seletiva e de organizações de catadores: indicadores e índices de sustentabilidade

    This is an update on the guide, based on the main findings of the report entitled: “Selective Waste Collection Project – Management models...

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