Waste Pickers

Waste Pickers Movement and Right to the City: The Impacts in the Homeless Lives in Brazil

Abstract: This paper analysis the formation of the National Movement of Recyclable Waste Pickers (Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais...

Certification of Occupational Skills

This document emphasizes the transformation of the waste management model and the labor certification process, which is a recognition of...

Reclaiming the World’s Waste: Waste Pickers Organizing for Inclusion

The Informal Sector in Waste Recycling in Egypt

Private Sector Participation in Municipal Solid Waste Services in Developing Countries

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

God is My Alarm Clock: A Brazilian Waste Picker’s Story

The story of an informal worker, Mrs. Maria Brás, who was a tireless force in the struggle of waste pickers in Brazil to overcome persecution...

The Municipal Waste and Citizenship Forum: A Platform for Social Inclusion and Participation

A critical source of success of the Belo Horizonte model of including waste pickers into urban plans has been the high level of organization...

Give Back Our Waste

Summary from Chintan: Waste-to-Energy (WtE), the process of creating energy from waste, has gained broad appeal domestically and internationally...

O Fórum Municipal Lixo e Cidadania: Uma plataforma de Inclusão Social e Participação