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Planeta Verde: The Colombian Cooperative Revolutionizing Waste Picking
In celebration of International Cooperatives Day, we speak with Martha Elena Iglesias, a waste picker and the leader of Planeta Verde, a...
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How Bangalore’s itinerant waste pickers transformed into “robust entrepreneurs”
WIEGO has a unique organizational structure — we are a network of membership-based organizations, researchers, and practitioners, all working...
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Como uma Cidade Brasileira Usou o Teatro e a Música para Popularizar a Reciclagem – e os trabalhadores pobres por trás dessa atividade
Por Carlin Carr
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Cómo una ciudad de Brasil ha utilizado el teatro y la canción para popularizar el reciclaje, y a los trabajadores y trabajadoras pobres que lo realizan
Por Carlin Carr
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How One Brazilian City Used Theater and Song to Popularize Recycling – and the Poor Workers Behind It
Brazil has been a global trailblazer when it comes to integrating waste pickers in solid waste management systems. But its progressive policies...
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Ponen en riesgo el sustento de vida de recicladores informales con proyecto de incineración de basura en la CDMX
En la Ciudad de México, la polémica continúa creciendo en torno a la construcción de una incineradora de residuos que supera los 100 mil...
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Threat of A New Waste Incinerator in Mexico City Puts Informal Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods at Risk
In Mexico City, a controversy is brewing over a proposed billion-dollar waster incinerator that threatens the livelihoods of the city’s estimated...
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Waste pickers in Medellín, Popayán, and Montería receive their first payment as recycling public service providers
Technical team and leaders of ARRECICLAR in Medellín. Photo: Arreciclar
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Recicladores y recicladoras de Medellín y Popayán y Montería reciben primer pago por servicios públicos de reciclaje
Equipo técnico y líderes de ARRECICLAR en Medellín. Foto: Arreciclar
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