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  • Dakar Senegal Landfill Waste Pickers Post
    Climate 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 Materials

    Cinco fatos sobre a incineração

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Cinco verdades a saber sobre la incineración

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  • thumbnail 5 facts about incineration Advocacy Materials

    Five facts about incineration

    While municipalities are often encouraged to turn to waste-to-energy (WtE) technologies such as incineration, this is a problematic solution,...

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  • cover resumen ddrr Research Reports

    Resumen Ejectivo – La situación de los derechos humanos de la comunidad recicladora en América Latina: un reclamo urgente por respeto a través de estándares internacionales

    El objetivo de este informe es brindar argumentos y herramientas jurídicas que permitan proteger efectivamente los derechos humanos de las...

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  • Waste pickers at zero waste action event 2015 News
    Climate Change and Just Transition December 04, 2019

    Informal recyclers take action in defense of Earth and their livelihoods

    As world leaders and experts discuss the climate crisis at the 25th UN climate negotiations (COP25), waste pickers and WIEGO Network members...

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  • Herramienta de cálculo y Metodología Advocacy Materials

    Reducción de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero mediante el reciclaje inclusivo: Herramienta de cálculo y Metodología

    Hemos desarrollado la primera metodología y herramienta de cálculo que permite estimar la cantidad de emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero...

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  • CO2 calculator Advocacy Materials

    Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Inclusive Recycling: Methodology & Calculator Tool

    A methodology and calculator tool enabling the estimation of greenhouse gas emissions that waste picker groups prevent. The tool, which...

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  • waste pickers clean up beach in Accra, Ghana Journal Articles

    A Green Army is Ready to Keep Plastic Waste Out of the Ocean

    This OpEd looks at the millions of waste pickers worldwide whose work gathering material is helping keep the oceans healthier.

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  • Dakar street vendor Post
    Exposure Dialogues October 20, 2019

    Dakar : après s’être mis dans la peau des travailleuses et travailleurs de l’informel, des avocats réévaluent les politiques

    Les politiques ayant un impact sur la vie des travailleuses et travailleurs de l’informel sont rarement élaborées sur la base de la connaissance...

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