Protecting livelihoods during dump closures: Learnings from 3 cities

Date: August 29th, 2023
Time: 9.00 Brazil / 14.00 South Africa 
Duration: 90 minutes
Languages: Portuguese, English and French

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The closure of large-scale open dumps poses a key challenge to waste-picker livelihoods. Working alongside worker organizations, WIEGO has helped develop livelihood-centred approaches to dump closures. This webinar will:

• Give an overview of open dump closures in the context of the climate emergency and the development agenda. 
• Reflect on three cases at different phases of completion: the Estrutural (Brasília), Mbeubeuss (Dakar) and Kpone (Accra) landfills.  
• Outline common challenges and lessons in protecting and maintaining livelihoods during dump closure processes.
• Explore how the design of inclusive recycling systems can be a pathway for integrating workers affected by dump closures.

Speakers:

• Dr Sonia Dias, Waste Sector Specialist, WIEGO
• Lúcia F. Nascimento, leader of the CORACE cooperative (CENTCOOP, MNCR)
• Dr Owusu Boampong, University of Cape Coast and WIEGO
• Maguette Diop, Project Officer, Dakar Focal Cities, WIEGO

Discussants:

• Dr Jennifer Tucker, Associate Professor of Community & Regional Planning at the University of New Mexico
• Dr Melanie Samson, Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa

Moderator:

• Olga Abizaid, Dakar Focal City Advisor/Urban Policy Analyst for WIEGO

Webinar Resources

• Dias, Sonia, 2017. WIEGO’s Position on Dump Closures.