Lucia Fernandez
Gender, Recycling and Waste Management
May 7, 2016 | be Waste Wise
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
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
Upcoming Events
Aug
19
Wed
2020
3:30 am
Opportunities in Chemical Recycl...
Opportunities in Chemical Recycl...
Aug 19 @ 3:30 am – 4:30 am
Click here to register for the webinar Asia is the largest contributor to ocean-bound plastics and the fastest-growing region for packaging consumption. In recent years, chemical recycling, in the form of monomer recycling and plastics-to-fuel[...]Read More
Aug
26
Wed
2020
2:00 pm
Extended Producer Responsibility...
Extended Producer Responsibility...
Aug 26 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Latin America and the Caribbean generate about 541.000 tons/day of municipal solid waste and have a high per capita generation of 1 kg/inhabitant per day. About 90 % of the MSW ends in landfill sites[...]Read More
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