Waste Pickers

Ejercicio 2: Conciencia de las relaciones de género – Actividad ping-pong

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

Struggles and Victories: Waste Pickers on the Frontline. December 2015-April 2016

Global Alliance of Waste Pickers Newsletter, December 2015-April 2016Read the newsletter in English.Leer el boletín en español. Leia o boletim...

Derecho a la ciudad y privatizacion de la basura

en Español   Este video, producido por WIEGO en colaboración con la Universidad de Uruguay UDELAR y el proyecto “Más allá de la basura”...

VIDEO: Why a Waste Picker from Quito Is Fighting to be Included in The New Urban Agenda

By 2030, two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities. Next City’s journalists were in Surabaya, Indonesia, talking...

Waste Pickers Infographic, 2017

This infographic was produced by WIEGO using the latest statistics and research on the waste picker sector.

Organizing Waste Management Workers: The South African Experience

This booklet describes how workers and employers have organized in South Africa’s waste management sector. The booklet is based on research...

Wastepickers and the right to the city: Forging a new conceptualization of “the public” in waste management

Presentation during Session 6 of the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference “Waste Pickers: Conceptualization of ‘The Public’...

Feeding Families: Meet Grace from Ghana

Open dumps pose major environmental and health concerns. They also provide incomes for million of people worldwide. Waste picker Grace Avemegah...

La Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Recicladores website

Community Sanitation and Recycling Organization (CSARO)

From the website: Community Sanitation and Recycling Organization (CSARO) is a Cambodian Non-Governmental organization (NGO) established...