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    Climate Change and Just Transition

    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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    Livelihoods

    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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    Livelihoods

    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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    Livelihoods

    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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    Livelihoods

    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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    Livelihoods

    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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    Livelihoods

    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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    Livelihoods

    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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    Livelihoods

    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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    Livelihoods

    Joburg’s Reclaimers Win Important First Victory in Fight Against Privatization

    On July 13, hundreds of Johannesburg’s informal waste pickers (known locally as “reclaimers”) — men and women who have been collecting, separating,...

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