Occupational Group: Waste Pickers

VIDEO: Right to the City and Privatization

The privatization of waste management and introduction of municipal policies which restrict access to waste can have a negative impact on...

Mbeubeuss : Les femmes dans la récupération de déchets

Depuis son ouverture sur le site de Malika début des années 70 dans la banlieue dakaroise à Malika, la décharge de Mbeubeuss a fait l’objet...

VIDEO: Climate Change

Wastepickers from around the world bombarded the halls of COP15 to demonstrate their livelihood and chant about the importance of recycling. ...

KKPKP Video

English subtitles

Behance: Hard Life (Paper Collectors)

The aim of this project is to show the lives and work of a community often forgotten by Brazilian society, yet who are vitally important...

Lettre d’Information OBA de WIEGO avril 2012

Organizando Os Catadores de Recicláveis Em Tshwane, África do Sul: Lições das Experiências “Top Down e Bottom Up” (De cima para Baixo e da Base para Cima)

Resumo do relatório organização WIEGO 5 (português)

Alliance of Indian Wastepickers Newsletter (Hindi), August 2012

Global Alliance of Waste Pickers Newsletter, November – December 2012

Highlights include: •    National Conference of Chilean Waste Pickers (Chile- December 2012) •    Waste pickers from Africa, Asia, and Latin...

WIEGO Brochure (français)

              Available in English here.