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    First Global Strategic Workshop of Waste Pickers: Inclusive Solid Waste Management

    This summary report details the Global Strategic Workshop in Pune, India in April, 2012, when 80 waste picker representatives from 34 cities...

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    Primer Taller Estratégico Mundial de los Recicladores: Gestión Inclusiva de Residuos Sólidos

    Este informe es resumen del Taller Global Estratégica en Pune, India, en abril de 2012, cuando 80 representantes de recicladores de 34 ciudades...

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    Recicladores sin Fronteras

    Reporte del Primer Congreso Mundial y Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de Recicladores.   Available in English here.   Disponível em Português...

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    Report on Waste Pickers at 2013 ILO Conference

    Since 1919, the United Nation’s International Labour Organization (commonly known as the ILO) has hosted its annual International Labour...

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    Cities Alliance Exchange Report

    In August 2016, WIEGO and its local ally, Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá (the Bogotá Waste Pickers Association or ARB), hosted a learning...

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    Reporte de síntesis y aprendizajes del intercambio de la Alianza de las Ciudades

    En agosto de 2016, WIEGO junto a su aliado local, la Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá, organizó un intercambio de aprendizajes en Bogotá,...

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    WIEGO Photo News Report – Ergonomics Workshop with Waste Pickers from Redesol, Cataunidos and Catavales

    An ergonomics workshop was held with 39 waste pickers from 17 Brazilian cooperatives.This workshop was led by certified physical therapist,...

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    Livelihoods September 12, 2019

    Cómo una ciudad de Brasil ha utilizado el teatro y la canción para popularizar el reciclaje, y a los trabajadores y trabajadoras pobres que lo realizan

    Por Carlin Carr

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    Livelihoods September 12, 2019

    Threat of A New Waste Incinerator in Mexico City Puts Informal Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods at Risk

    In Mexico City, a controversy is brewing over a proposed billion-dollar waster incinerator that threatens the livelihoods of the city’s estimated...

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    Livelihoods September 12, 2019

    Como uma Cidade Brasileira Usou o Teatro e a Música para Popularizar a Reciclagem – e os trabalhadores pobres por trás dessa atividade

    Por Carlin Carr

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