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  • Technical Briefs

    Incineração de resíduos e Catadores: Um guia técnico sobre tecnologias de recuperação energética de resíduos sólidos

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  • informal waste pickers in Accra Technical Briefs

    Waste Incineration and Informal Livelihoods: A Technical Guide on Waste-to-Energy Initiatives

    This brief provides waste picker organizations, policymakers and practitioners with information about waste-to-energy initiatives, and solid...

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  • Members of Bokk Diom and local fisherfolk cleaning a beach together in Dakar. Project

    Reducing Waste in Coastal Cities through Inclusive Recycling

    The RWCC Project Waste pickers worldwide contribute significantly in preventing ocean waste pollution by recycling and reusing materials...

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  • Workers in the informal economy from six different sectors. A Domestic Worker, a Garment Worker, a Home-Based Worker, a Street Vendors / Market Trader, a Transport Worker, and a Waste Picker. News
    Legal Empowerment September 22, 2019

    Mexico City Recognizes the Rights of Informal Waste Pickers

    On July 15th 2016, Mexico City’s Human Rights Commission (CDHDF) issued Recommendation 7/2016, named “Omissions in Mexico City’s urban solid...

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  • Brazilian catadores with truck News
    SSE and Cooperatives September 21, 2019

    Brazilian recyclers take the wheel in door to door collection

    In Belo Horizonte, Brazil, a new model of selective collection has given informal catadores (recyclers) responsibility for collecting door-to-door...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    La visibilidad importa: nuevas publicaciones enlazan género y problemas del reciclaje

    Por Sonia Dias y Ana Carolina Ogando

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Un nuevo estudio de investigación da voz a los recicladores y las recicladoras

    A menudo se ignora el hecho de que los recicladores y las recicladoras son capaces de expresar sus preocupaciones, responder a desafíos y...

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  • Indian waste pickers Post
    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    In India, Pune’s Poorest Operate One of the World’s Most Cost-effective Waste Management Models

    A Q&A with Lakshmi Narayan As cities across the globe struggle to find efficient, cost-effective ways to manage waste, the women waste...

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    Livelihoods September 18, 2019

    Visibility Matters: New Publications Bridge Gender and Waste Issues

    By Sonia Dias and Ana Carolina Ogando

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    Global Advocacy and Negotiations September 18, 2019

    New international labour standard will help protect vulnerable workers from violence and harassment

    When the 2019 International Labour Conference voted to adopt Convention 190 on Ending Violence and Harassment in the World of Work (C190),...

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