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Movimiento Nacional de Recicladores de Chile (MNRCH)

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Wanted: Space in the City

SEWA, Inclusive Cities

A group of impoverished waste pickers in Munger, Bihar, India organized to protest the demolition of their traditional homes to make way for a railroad overpass. Their lives and livelihoods were disrupted, and no suitable land offered. With the support of SEWA, the residents have taken their case to...

Coping with Crises: Lingering Recession, Rising Inflation, and the Informal Workforce - Fact Sheet

Zoe Elena Horn

Report available in English here . Relatório disponível em português aqui . Informe disponible en español aquí . Fact Sheet available in English here . Ficha Técnica disponível em Português aqui . Ficha Técnica disponible en español aquí . Executive Summary available in English here . Sumário...

Enfrentando a Crise: Recessão Persistente, Inflação Crescente, e a Força de Trabalho Informal (Ficha Técnica)

Zoe Horn

Procura-se espaço na cidade. Ambulantes ganham espaço em Munger, Bihar

SEWA, Inclusive Cities

Um grupo de catadores de materiais recicláveis empobrecidos em Munger, Bihar, Índia organizou-se para protestar contra a demolição de suas casas tradicionais para ceder lugar a um viaduto ferroviário. Suas vidas e meios de vida foram desestruturados e nenhuma terra adequada lhes foi oferecida. Com o...

Plastic Waste Management and Handling Amendment Rules, 2011

This document contains the rules for the management and handing of plastic waste.

Recovering resources, creating opportunities: Integrating the informal sector into solid waste management

Ellen Gunsilius, Sandra Spies, Sofía García-Cortés

The Economics of the Informal Sector in Solid Waste Management

Ellen Gunsilius, Bharati Chaturvedi, Anne Scheinberg

Based on information from: Scheinberg, A., M. Simpson, Y. Gupt et al. (2010): Economic Aspects of the Informal Sector in Solid Waste Management. GTZ and CWG, Eschborn, Germany CWG Publication Series, No. 5

Waste management and the workplace

Jan Theron, Margareet Visser

Failing the Grade: How Cities Across India are Breaking the Rules, Ignoring the Informal Recycling Sector and Unable to Make the Grade

Chintan

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...