Waste Pickers

Provide a Better Service, the Rest Will Follow: SWaCH PCMC Brings Waste Pickers into Mainstream

In Pune, KKPKP (the waste pickers’ union) has fought long and hard to bring about a gradual change in peoples’ attitude towards waste pickers....

Boletim WIEGO das Organizações de Base Agosto 2012

Boletim WIEGO para as Organizações de Base de Trabalhadores Informais, agosto 2012  

RTE Maharashtra – 25% Reservation for Admission in Private Schools

This is a story of the struggle of some parents who wanted to get their children admitted to private schools through the 25% reservation...

Pas de Frontières pour Ceux Qui Luttent, Janvier et Février 2013

Bulletin de l’Alliance Mondiale des Récupérateurs, Janvier et Février 2013   Available in English here. Disponível em Português aqui. Disponible...

WIEGO MBO Newsletter April 2013

WIEGO’s April 2013 Newsletter for Membership-Based Organizations of Informal Workers   Read the newsletter in English.

Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis (MNCR)

O Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis (MNCR) é um movimento social que há cerca de 10 anos vem organizando os catadores...

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WASTE Bulletin October 2013

Newsletter from WASTE Advisers on Urban Environment and Development More information about WASTE is here.

Negotiating the Recycling Bonus Law: Waste Pickers and Collective Bargaining in Minas Gerais, Brazil

This case study examines negotiations between the Waste Pickers National Movement (Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Reciclᶥis),  or MNCR...

National Brazilian Waste Policy

“This is a law document. This law establishes the Brazilian National Policy on Solid Waste; it amends the Law no. 9,605, February 12,...