Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Johannesburg
Melanie facilitated the multi-party participatory development of both the Waste Picker Integration Guideline for South Africa and the South Africa Waste Picker Registration System. She also led the Reclaim, Revalue, Reframe project that developed materials to support implementation of the Guideline (http://www.wastepickerintegration.org). Melanie is currently completing the manuscript for Beyond Disposability: Revitalizing Labor, Value and Struggle on a Soweto Garbage Dump.