Informal Waste Recycling
Sonia Dias on the Informal Economy of Waste Pickers
May 16, 2016 | be Waste Wise 1
WIEGO released the Informal Economy Monitoring Study’s (IEMS) comparative report for waste pickers with responses collated across 5 cities.Read More
Gender, Recycling and Waste Management
May 7, 2016 | be Waste Wise 1
Summary of our first all-women panel discussing issues related to gender & waste pickers. Moderator: Lucia Fernandez; Panelists: Sonia Dias, Ana Carolina, Vanessa Pillay of WIEGORead More
Results from the 2015 Global Waste Survey
June 15, 2015 | be Waste Wise
In April, be Waste Wise conducted the 2015 Global Waste survey. The survey asked our community members to choose the waste topics they wanted to hear about. Readers chose from a long list of nuanced topics ranging from questions about … Read More
Integrating the Informal Waste Recycling Sector in Latin America
October 3, 2013 | be Waste Wise 7
“When designing solutions for inteftrating informal waste recycling, we need an adequate understanding of how the overall system is currently working including both formal and informal elements”. – Jane Olley
This panel explored how solid waste management is different in the Global South, and in particular in Latin America and the Caribbean, and considers the benefits of integrating the informal sector into municipal waste management strategies.Read More
