By Nicolas Martinez On the evening of Wednesday 30 September, fifty-four people gathered inside the Coop Les Valoristes depot, in the centre of Montréal: waste pickers, domestic workers, street vendors...
Alex Cardoso has become the first waste picker known to have earned a doctorate. He defended his thesis not in a lecture hall, but in the territory, surrounded by the...
By Clarissa Maçaneiro Viana, research coordinator of the IAWP “After four years here, this is the first time we have taken part with the IAWP’s own badge. It is a...
On 13–14 June 2026, a workshop on Just and Sustainable Plastic Waste Management was hosted at the University of St Andrews (Scotland) which brought together academics, policymakers, waste picker representatives,...
This document was developed by Federico Parra (WIEGO) and Taylor Cass Talbott (IAWP). The newly adopted International Labour Organization (ILO) Guidelines for the Promotion of Decent Work in Recycling represent...
Article by: Nicolas Martinez and Clarissa Maçaneiro Viana After more than three decades of struggle led by the National Association of Waste Pickers of Colombia (ANR), the government has taken...
Insights from the International Alliance of Waste Pickers’ Peer-to-Peer Learning Exchange – May 2025 In recent years, governments across the Global South have begun shutting down open-air dumpsites, citing environmental...
