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...

Planeta Verde: cooperativa colombiana revoluciona la recolección de residuos

New Project Explores How Waste Pickers Can Help Solve the Ocean Plastics Waste Crisis

A Q&A with Taylor Cass Talbott It’s hard to miss the shocking images of heaping plastic floating in the middle of the world’s oceans...

Waste Pickers on the Global Stage Fighting Climate Change

Millions of informal waste pickers globally contribute to the conservation of natural resources and energy while reducing air/water pollution...

Waste Pickers

Waste pickers and COVID-19 Statistics on Waste Pickers Driving Forces & Working Conditions Policies & Programmes Organization...