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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Ragpickers as Recycling Managers

    I Got Garbage aims to take rag-pickers away from scavenging, and bring them to the source of waste as uniformed service provider to bulk...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Resumen Normativo sobre Recicladores en Peru

    Resumen relacionado al marco normativo de los recicladores en Peru; en referencia a la Ley 29419

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    WIEGO en el Mundo: Boletín Informativo, julio de 2015

    Este número del boletín WIEGO incluye:

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Ivaneide from Redesol, Gender and Waste

    Ivaneide Souza, Redesol (Minas Gerais) talks about the positive impacts Gender and Waste workshops have on women waste pickers and of the...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    International Institute for Environment and Development newsletter – December 2015

    This issue focuses on COP21.

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Consideraciones teóricas sobre género, empoderamiento y reciclaje – Cuaderno 1

    Género y reciclaje: De la teoría a la acción Un manual para profesores, investigadores y profesionales. Cuaderno 1: Consideraciones teóricas...

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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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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Pas de frontières pour ceux qui luttent ! Mai – août 2016

    Read the newsletter in English.   Leer el boletín en Español.

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Silvio Ruiz from Colombia

    In Spanish with English subtitles

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