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  • Resilient workers in New York City's informal economy Post
    Access to Public Space July 29, 2024

    How Recyclers and Vendors in New York City are Challenging Big Money to Build a Better City for Working People

    By keeping corporations accountable for the waste they produce and providing affordable goods and services to working class people, recyclers...

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  • Ground Score Association worker Christine Alix reviews COVID-19 safety protocols at Ground Score’s producer-funded People’s Depot in Oregon, USA Technical Briefs

    Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and Waste Pickers

    This brief explores the challenges that waste pickers face with EPR and offers ideas for developing more inclusive EPR systems, based on...

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  • Technical Briefs

    Formalization as Public Service Providers: Achievements and Obstacles for Colombia’s Waste Pickers

    This technical brief provides an analysis of the process that led to the recognition and remuneration of Colombia’s waste picker sector...

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    Waste Warriors of Delhi: Locating waste picker communities across the city

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    Climate Change and Just Transition June 16, 2020

    Press Release: Ghana waste pickers say closure threatens survival and demand government support

    A decision to close landfills imminently is threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of waste pickers in both Accra and Kumasi, Ghana. Those...

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  • Technical Briefs

    Incineração de resíduos e Catadores: Um guia técnico sobre tecnologias de recuperação energética de resíduos sólidos

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  • informal waste pickers in Accra Technical Briefs

    Waste Incineration and Informal Livelihoods: A Technical Guide on Waste-to-Energy Initiatives

    This brief provides waste picker organizations, policymakers and practitioners with information about waste-to-energy initiatives, and solid...

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  • Members of Bokk Diom and local fisherfolk cleaning a beach together in Dakar. Project

    Reducing Waste in Coastal Cities through Inclusive Recycling

    The RWCC Project Waste pickers worldwide contribute significantly in preventing ocean waste pollution by recycling and reusing materials...

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  • Briefs

    Recycling in Belo Horizonte, Brazil – An Overview of Inclusive Programming

    Brazil is one of the world’s most progressive countries in integrating waste pickers in solid waste management systems, and Belo Horizonte...

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  • Working Papers

    Proceso de integración de los cartoneros de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Del reconocimiento a la gestión de Centros Verdes y la recolección selectiva

    En Argentina, y en particular en su Capital Federal (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires / CABA), la problemática asociada a los recolectores...

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