Waste Pickers and Vendors Should Be Treated as Workers, Not Small Businesses: Labor Lawyer

Africa: Waste Pickers and Vendors Should Be Treated As Workers, Not Small Businesses - Labour Lawyer

Analysis - A new report from the International Labour Organisation outlines a set of propositions on how countries should go about formalising the informal economy. The report provides the basis for negotiations on the subject at the International Labour Conference in Geneva in June 2025.

Waste pickers and vendors should be treated as workers, not small businesses – labour lawyer

A new report from the International Labour Organisation outlines a set of propositions on how countries should go about formalising the informal economy. The report provides the basis for negotiations on the subject at the International Labour Conference in Geneva in June 2025. Formalising the informal economy is a burning issue, particularly for countries in Africa. In some, such as Nigeria and Ghana, more than 80% of the workforce is informal.…

Waste pickers and vendors should be treated as workers, not small businesses: Labor lawyer

A new report from the International Labor Organization outlines a set of propositions on how countries should go about formalizing the informal economy. The report provides the basis for negotiations on the subject at the International Labor Conference in Geneva in June 2025.

Waste pickers and vendors should be treated as workers_ not small businesses: Labor lawyer

A new report from the International Labor

Waste pickers and vendors should be treated as workers, not small ...

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and Waste Pickers

Download the report. Waste pickers face both challenges and opportunities under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), a waste management practice and policy concept that holds producers responsible for managing their products and packaging at their end-of life. Increasingly common around the world, EPR is more likely to threaten rather than sustain waste picker livelihoods. This brief … Continue reading Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) a…