Waste Pickers

We Need to Start Respecting Informal Workers

In the midst of rapid urbanization, the question of whether and how to formalize the informal economy is a growing concern.

WIEGO, its work on waste-pickers and the first World Encounter of Waste-pickers in Colombia, 2008

City Report: Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Durban, South Africa

From collision to collaboration – Integrating informal recyclers and re-use operators in Europe: A review

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Waste & Citizenship Forum: Waste Pickers and the State

Note from WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference. 

Waste Pickers Without Frontiers

No Cushion to Fall Back On: The Global Economic Crisis and Informal Workers

Report available in English here.Informe disponible en español aquí.Fact Sheet available in English here.Ficha Técnica disponible en español...

Overview of Legal Framework for Social Inclusion in Solid Waste Management in Brazil

Electronic Waste in Developing Countries – Recycling, Responsibility, Revenue for the Poor?

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil and Belo Horizonte

This paper provides an analysis of government budgets related to specific groups of informal workers in Belo Horizonte, the capital of the...