Waste Pickers

Waste has Worth — and So Do the Women Working to Collect It

A step-by-step guide to building empowerment among women waste pickers By Sonia Dias and Ana Carolina Ogando Women across the globe share...

Planeta Verde: cooperativa colombiana revoluciona la recolección de residuos

Planeta Verde: The Colombian Cooperative Revolutionizing Waste Picking

In celebration of International Cooperatives Day, we speak with Martha Elena Iglesias, a waste picker and the leader of Planeta Verde, a...

Audio: How Bangalore’s itinerant waste pickers transformed into “robust entrepreneurs”

WIEGO has a unique organizational structure — we are a network of membership-based organizations, researchers, and practitioners, all working...

Como uma Cidade Brasileira Usou o Teatro e a Música para Popularizar a Reciclagem – e os trabalhadores pobres por trás dessa atividade

Por Carlin Carr

Le théâtre et la chanson au service du recyclage : comment une ville brésilienne s’est y prise pour rendre populaire le recyclage et les travailleurs pauvres qui le réalisent

Par Carlin Carr

Cómo una ciudad de Brasil ha utilizado el teatro y la canción para popularizar el reciclaje, y a los trabajadores y trabajadoras pobres que lo realizan

Por Carlin Carr

How One Brazilian City Used Theater and Song to Popularize Recycling – and the Poor Workers Behind It

Brazil has been a global trailblazer when it comes to integrating waste pickers in solid waste management systems. But its progressive policies...

Threat of A New Waste Incinerator in Mexico City Puts Informal Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods at Risk

In Mexico City, a controversy is brewing over a proposed billion-dollar waster incinerator that threatens the livelihoods of the city’s estimated...

Ponen en riesgo el sustento de vida de recicladores informales con proyecto de incineración de basura en la CDMX

En la Ciudad de México, la polémica continúa creciendo en torno a la construcción de una incineradora de residuos que supera los 100 mil...