Waste Pickers

Failing the Grade: How Cities Across India are Breaking the Rules, Ignoring the Informal Recycling Sector and Unable to Make the Grade

Indian policies and rules, while not perfect, have some important safeguards and recognition for informal sector recyclers, particularly...

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

The research shows that informal enterprises and informal wage workers are affected in many of the same ways as formal firms and formal wage...

El Progreso de las Mujeres en el Mundo 2005: Mujeres, Trabajo, y Pobreza

Available in English here Disponible en español aquí Disponible en français ici   Más información está disponible en el sitio web de UN Women. ...

Caracterización de la población de clasificadores de residuos de Montevideo

Este análisis se propone aportar al conocimiento de las características particulares del colectivo conformado por los hogares clasificadores...

NGO Led Partnership in Solid Waste Management – Ranchi

Working Paper No. 39 in the SP Working Paper Series of School of Planning of CEPT University

Recomendações para Políticas – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal – Catadores de Belo Horizonte: Catadores de Belo Horizonte: Realidades e Recomendações

Sumário Executivo: Relatório do Setor Estudo de Monitoramento de Economia Informal: Catadores

Informal recycling and occupational health in Santo André, Brazil

Abstract: The collection of recyclables is a widespread activity among urban poor, particularly in countries with large socio-economic disparities....

Resumen de los principales hallazgos – Cooperación entre trabajadores en la economía informal: Los trabajadores a domicilio y los recicladores

Video Depicting Waste Pickers in Paris in 1929

A video depicting waste pickers in Paris in 1929.   Link: www.mheu.org/fr/chiffonniers/zone.aspx