Climate Change and Just Transition

Who’s really “greening” future cities?

As COP25 gets underway, our deep dive into two years of news coverage reveals that the green army of waste pickers leading urban recycling...

Qui travaille vraiment à l’écologisation des villes d’avenir ?

Alors que la COP25 est lancée, notre couverture détaillée de l’actualité des deux dernières années révèle que l’armée verte de récupératrices...

¿Quién está haciendo realmente más ecológicas las ciudades del futuro?

Junto con el inicio de la COP25, nuestro profundo análisis de dos años de cobertura periodística revela que el ejército ecológico de personas...

Cinco fatos sobre a incineração

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Cinco verdades a saber sobre la incineración

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Five facts about incineration

While municipalities are often encouraged to turn to waste-to-energy (WtE) technologies such as incineration, this is a problematic solution,...

Informal recyclers take action in defense of Earth and their livelihoods

As world leaders and experts discuss the climate crisis at the 25th UN climate negotiations (COP25), waste pickers and WIEGO Network members...

COP25 People’s Summits & Waste Pickers

• December 5, 2019 - December 10, 2019
• Santiago, Chile and Madrid, Spain

Photo: waste pickers protest in Buenos Aires in 2018 During the 25th UN climate negotiations (COP25), waste pickers and WIEGO Network members joined...

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Inclusive Recycling: Methodology & Calculator Tool

A methodology and calculator tool enabling the estimation of greenhouse gas emissions that waste picker groups prevent. The tool, which...

A Green Army is Ready to Keep Plastic Waste Out of the Ocean

This OpEd looks at the millions of waste pickers worldwide whose work gathering material is helping keep the oceans healthier.