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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Goonj

    Goonj is a non-governmental organisation based in Delhi, India which undertakes disaster relief, humanitarian aid and community development...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Kabir Khan Discusses Waste Picker Inclusion Policies in Bangalore

    Kabir Khan of Hasiru Dala discusses waste picker inclusion policies and issues in Bangalore at the Expert Group Meeting on the Informal Economy...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Boletín Informativo de WIEGO para OBM noviembre 2016

    Boletín Informativo de WIEGO para Organizaciones con Base de Miembros (OBM), diciembre 2015 Read the newsletter in English. Leer el boletín...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Plastic Waste Management and Handling Amendment Rules, 2011

    This document contains the rules for the management and handing of plastic waste.

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  • Presentations

    Cooperation among workers in the informal economy

    This presentation is a summary of the main findings of an ILO-WIEGO study on the nature and role of cooperatives and other Social and Solidarity...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Waste Picker Perceptions on and Health Risks: Perspectives from the Ground

    Keynote presentation by Ana Carolina Ogando, research associate in the Urban Policies programme of the global network “Women in Informal...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Climate Change

    Wastepickers from around the world bombarded the halls of COP15 to demonstrate their livelihood and chant about the importance of recycling. ...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Cooperatives in Uruguay

    Link:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCQJMbJ6_HM

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  • Presentations

    Waste Picker: A Professional of the 21st Century

    Presented at the Waste Pickers’ Conference in Bogota, Colombia También disponible en español

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Global Alliance of Waste Pickers

    The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers is a networking process among thousands of waste picker organizations with groups in more than 28 countries...

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