Waste Pickers

VIDEO: Just Recycling: The Social, Economic and Environmental Benefits of Working with Waste Pickers (Zulu)

VIDEO: This 7-minute animated film shows how cities on different continents have taken diverse approaches to integrating waste pickers in...

Solid Waste Management: Addressing the Challenge, Tackling Informality

Presentation made by Dr. Sonia Diaz as part of the ITCs 5-day workshop on Opportunities for Green Jobs in the waste sector.

Slides on Waste Pickers

The unexpected consequences of shipping computers to the developing world. Photographs by Pieter HugoView slideshow

KKPKP Video

English subtitles

Behance: Hard Life (Paper Collectors)

The aim of this project is to show the lives and work of a community often forgotten by Brazilian society, yet who are vitally important...

Lettre d’Information OBA de WIEGO avril 2012

Organiser les récupérateurs à Tshwane, Afrique du Sud: Leçons apprises des approches descendante et ascendante

Sommaire de rapport 5 de regroupement de WIEGO

Alliance of Indian Wastepickers Newsletter, August 2012

This newsletter shares details of wastepicker meetings and reflections on these meetings.

Redemption – The Documentary

From the documentary’s website: “They are New York City’s gleaners – struggling at the edge of our society. You see them on almost...

Enfrentando a Crise: Recessão Persistente, Inflação Crescente, e a Força de Trabalho Informal (Ficha Técnica)

Report available in English here. Relatório disponível em português aqui. Informe disponible en español aquí.