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- Research Reports
Waste pickers’ cooperatives and social and solidarity economy organizations
Waste pickers make significant contributions to public health, sanitation, and the environment by promoting resource circulation and reducing...
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PostClimate Change and Just Transition March 01, 2020The Open Dump Dilemma: How to Help the Environment and Respect Human Rights
We’ve all seen the pictures: heaping trash mounds with men and women sifting through the discards. This challenging situation has increased...
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NewsClimate Change and Just Transition February 28, 2020March 1-5: Activities mark Int’l Waste Pickers’ Day
On March 1st, waste pickers around the globe will mark International Waste Pickers’ Day. Activities on that day and through the week...
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PostBuilding Collective Power January 12, 2020En temps de crise, les organisations de base réinventent la pratique démocratique
Aux quatre coins du monde, les normes démocratiques sont menacées et les conséquences à long terme s’annoncent graves. Les travailleuses...
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PostClimate Change and Just Transition January 10, 2020¿Quién está haciendo realmente más ecológicas las ciudades del futuro?
Junto con el inicio de la COP25, nuestro profundo análisis de dos años de cobertura periodística revela que el ejército ecológico de personas...
Read More- PostClimate Change and Just Transition January 10, 2020
Qui travaille vraiment à l’écologisation des villes d’avenir ?
Alors que la COP25 est lancée, notre couverture détaillée de l’actualité des deux dernières années révèle que l’armée verte de récupératrices...
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Enfocandonos en las trabajadoras informales: recicladoras de basura
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Read More - PostClimate Change and Just Transition December 06, 2019
Who’s really “greening” future cities?
As COP25 gets underway, our deep dive into two years of news coverage reveals that the green army of waste pickers leading urban recycling...
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Advocacy MaterialsCinco fatos sobre a incineração
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Advocacy MaterialsCinco verdades a saber sobre la incineración
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