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Summary from Chintan: Waste-to-Energy (WtE), the process of creating energy from waste, has gained broad appeal domestically and internationally with programs such as the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) providing funding for many WtE projects across the world. In India alone, 31 such facilities...
Indian policies and rules, while not perfect, have some important safeguards and recognition for informal sector recyclers, particularly wastepickers. However, municipalities, urban policy makers, and private companies ignore them while conducting business in solid waste management. In so doing...
In many developing countries the informal sector significantly contributes to resources recovery, which assists in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, an internationally agreed major target manifested within the Kyoto Protocol. Analyzing detailed waste generation and recycling market studies...
Bien qu'un nombre important de recherches aient été menées sur les personnes qui récupèrent des matériaux utiles du flux de déchets en Afrique, ce document représente le premier effort systématique pour rassembler cette littérature afin d’obtenir des informations clés. Ce document passe en revue la...
Abstract: Informal sector scavengers or waste pickers have been unrecognized stakeholders on the fringes of the urban waste landscape since the nineteenth century. Although solid waste systems of both rich and poor countries continue to change radically in the process of (ecological) modernization...
The RWCC Project Waste pickers worldwide contribute significantly in preventing ocean waste pollution by recycling and reusing materials that would otherwise end up in the environment. When better organized and formally integrated into recycling systems, waste pickers can increase their contribution...
For an estimated 260 million home-based workers around the world, their home doubles as their workplace. Homes are also used as work or storage spaces for groups of workers who work mainly outside the home, including street vendors and waste pickers, as well as carpenters and masons. The homes-cum...
Hundreds of waste pickers work in Accra's Kpone landfill, recovering about 60% of the 1200 pounds of solid waste that are dropped off at the landfill daily . They collect and sort a range of recyclable material, then sell it to be reused in the manufacture of new products. In doing so, they serve as...
Millions of informal waste pickers globally contribute to the conservation of natural resources and energy while reducing air/water pollution and greenhouse gas emissions through the reuse of materials. They also save cities money by decreasing the amount of material disposed of in landfills. Around...
Waste pickers and COVID-19 Statistics on Waste Pickers Driving Forces & Working Conditions Policies & Programmes Organization & Voice Environmental & Economic Contributors Millions of people worldwide make a living collecting, sorting, recycling, and selling materials that someone else has thrown...
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.