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Legal Recognition of Waste Pickers

Summary by Global Alliance of Waste Pickers
JUST TRANSITION OF THE INFORMAL RECYCLING SECTORCASE STUDIES Legal Recognition of Waste Pickers Brazil Waste pickers in Brazil, known as catadores, have been pushing for formal recognition and social protection over the last 20 years. Data collected by Brazil’s official statistical system show that over 281,000 waste pickers are engaged in collecting recyclables in Brazil, either operating individually or collectively in cooperatives and associa…
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Legal Recognition of Waste Pickers

JUST TRANSITION OF THE INFORMAL RECYCLING SECTORCASE STUDIES Legal Recognition of Waste Pickers Brazil Waste pickers in Brazil, known as catadores, have been pushing for formal recognition and social protection over the last 20 years. Data collected by Brazil’s official statistical system show that over 281,000 waste pickers are engaged in collecting recyclables in Brazil, either operating individually or collectively in cooperatives and associa…

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Manuel Ponce, AZA’s Basic Waste Picker: “The Formalization Orders Us Life”

54 visits Born and raised in southern Chile, specifically in Loncoche, Manuel Ponce (34) had no particular relationship with recycling, except that in his profession as an industrial mechanic he noticed the volume of waste generated in the industry. The situation changed when six or seven years ago he moved to Santiago to live with his partner and then wife Cecilia Cornejo, who was heir to a family tradition of basic waste pickers. “This started…

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