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Integrating Informal Workers into Selective Waste Collection: The Case of Belo Horizonte, Brazil

By on May 01, 2011

This brief details the evolution of public policy responses to one category of informal waste workers – collectors of recyclables – in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. It also provides details on the current system and the nature and structure of a key element of the Belo Horizonte model: waste picker cooperatives.

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Dias, Sonia M. Integrating Informal Workers into Selective Waste Collection: The Case of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. WIEGO Policy Brief No. 4, , . WIEGO, 2011. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Dias_WIEGO_PB4.pdfDias, S. M. (2011). Integrating Informal Workers into Selective Waste Collection: The Case of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. WIEGO Policy Brief No. 4, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Dias_WIEGO_PB4.pdfDias, Sonia M. "Integrating Informal Workers into Selective Waste Collection: The Case of Belo Horizonte, Brazil." WIEGO Policy Brief No. 4, WIEGO, 2011, .Dias Sonia M. "Integrating Informal Workers into Selective Waste Collection: The Case of Belo Horizonte, Brazil." WIEGO Policy Brief No. 4 (2011). https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Dias_WIEGO_PB4.pdfDias, S M 2011, 'Integrating Informal Workers into Selective Waste Collection: The Case of Belo Horizonte, Brazil', WIEGO Policy Brief No. 4, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Dias_WIEGO_PB4.pdfSonia M Dias, 'Integrating Informal Workers into Selective Waste Collection: The Case of Belo Horizonte, Brazil' (2011) WIEGO Policy Brief No. 4 Dias S. M. Integrating Informal Workers into Selective Waste Collection: The Case of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. WIEGO Policy Brief No. 4. 2011. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Dias_WIEGO_PB4.pdfDias, Sonia M. Integrating Informal Workers into Selective Waste Collection: The Case of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. WIEGO Policy Brief No. 4. 2011. , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Dias_WIEGO_PB4.pdf

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