Preface by editors
Foreword
Nohra Padilla
1. Introduction
Daniele Vico, Federico Demaria, and Lucia Fernández Gabard
AFRICA
2. Waste Management Failures and Marginalisation of Waste Pickers in Africa - Regional introduction
Amira El Halabi
3. Uncontrolled dumping and the initiative of women waste pickers: Cotonou, Benin
EJAtlas Team Member
4. Zabbaleen against corporate waste management: El Cairo, Egypt
Catherine Moughalian and Chandni Dwarkasing
5. Incinerator construction and landfill closures: Qalyubia, Egypt
Rickie Cleere
6. The new Reppie incinerator at Koshe landfill: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Rickie Cleere
7. Koshe Landfill and biogas plant: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Carla Petricca
8. Waste pickers of Kpone landfill fight for recognition: Accra, Ghana
EJAtlas team member, Karim Saagbul, Dorcas Ansah, and Vanessa Pillay
9. Waste pickers face repressive treatment and unsafe working conditions: Cape Coast, Ghana
Rickie Cleere and Desmond Alugnoa
10. Hazardous e-waste recycling in Agbogbloshie: Accra, Ghana
Carla Petricca, Zahra Moloo, and EJAtlas Team Member
11. Trafigura's toxic waste scandal and closure of the Akouédo dump: Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Zahra Moloo and EJAtlas Team Member
12. Waste pickers face harassment, exclusion, and toxic work conditions: Nakuru, Kenya
EJAtlas Team Member
13. Waste-to-energy project: Kibera, Kenya
Rickie Cleere
14. Relocation of municipal solid waste and informal waste management: Kisumu, Kenya
Layla van der Donk
15. The precarious conditions of informal recyclers at the "city of flies": Antananarivo, Madagascar
EJAtlas Team Member
16. Disputes over waste collection: Bamako, Mali
EJAtlas Team Member
17. Landfill mismanagement and waste pickers' struggle: Casablanca, Morocco
Ian Boladeres Galera, Alejandro de la Fuente Cuesta, Eduardo Veciana, Kim Hyunjung, and Emili Quintero
18. The Hulene dumpsite and waste picker protests: Maputo, Mozambique
Rickie Cleere
19. The Cleaner Lagos Initiative threatens waste picker livelihoods: Lagos, Nigeria
Rickie Cleere
20. Waste pickers of Mbeubeuss landfill fight against exclusion: Dakar, Senegal
Camila Rolando Mazzuca and EJAtlas Team Member
21. Poor waste management threatens public health and the environment: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Layla van der Donk
22. Waste pickers against privatisation: Tshwane, South Africa
Rickie Cleere
23. New England Road landfill and construction of materials recovery facility: Msunduzi, South Africa
Rickie Cleere
24. Pikitup's separation-at-source program and waste picker protests: Johannesburg, South Africa
Rickie Cleere
25. Averda's privatisation of the Genesis landfill: Johannesburg, South Africa
Rickie Cleere
26. Waste pickers struggle post-revolution: Tunisia
Chandni Dwarkasing
27. Poor waste management leads to environmental degradation and health concerns: Kampala, Uganda
Layla van der Donk
28. Waste pickers struggle for access to waste: Lusaka, Zambia
EJAtlas Team Member
MIDDLE EAST
29. The Intersectional Violence and Human Right Abuse of Waste Pickers in the Middle East - regional introduction
Amira El Halabi
30. Economic woes, plastic packaging, and child waste pickers in "Dirt Gold Mafia": Tehran, Iran
Chandni Dwarkasing
31. International cooperation improves waste-picker conditions: Northeastern Jordan
Chandni Dwarkasing
32. Waste pickers struggle for formal incorporation into legal waste-collecting framework: Ankara, Turkey
Chandni Dwarkasing
33. Waste picker challenges and opportunities: Istanbul, Turkey
Karla Grosse Kohorst, Andreas Halbig, Dijne Haaker, and Lisa Hall
ASIA PACIFIC
34. Waste alliances: An overview of Solid Waste Management dynamics in the Asia Pacific region - regional introduction
Lakshmi Narayan
35. Amin Bazar landfill threatens wetlands and farmers: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Syeda Rizwana Hasan and EJAtlas Team Member
36. Precarious informal waste recycling: Dhaka, Bangladesh
EJAtlas Team Member
37. Stung Meanchey landfill and waste pickers' struggle: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Nina Clausager
38. Impact of waste management initiatives and waste import ban on waste pickers: China
Olakunle Sunday Olanrewaju, Chinenye Okoye-Uzu, Xiaorong Li, and Shuhan Xu
39. Okhla waste-to-energy plant: Delhi, India
Swapan Kumar Patra, Federico Demaria, and Joan Martinez-Alier
40. Waste-to-energy plant and Ghazipur landfill closure threaten informal recyclers' livelihoods: Delhi, India
EJAtlas Team Member
41. Arson at Bengaluru's dry-waste collection centre: Karnataka State, India
Alina Zafar, María Pérez Manzano, Shuran Mo, Amanda Restu Hamirani, and Dea Ruçaj
42. Bantar Gebang landfill: Jakarta, Indonesia
Nina Clausager
43. Protests against plan for multiple incinerators: Bandung, Indonesia
Nina Clausager
44. Waste pickers risk losing livelihood as landfills modernise: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
EJAtlas Team Member
45. River pollution and waste pickers' struggle for recognition: Kathmandu, Nepal
EJAtlas Team Member
46. Marginalised informal recycling and waste-to-energy: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
EJAtlas Team Member
47. Exploitation of child waste pickers: Karachi, Pakistan
Daniele Vico and Layla van der Donk
48. Protesters resist planned incinerators despite national ban: Quezon City, Philippines
Nina Clausager
49. Hazardous garbage dumping and new waste-to-energy projects: Colombo, Sri Lanka
EJAtlas Team Member
50. Incineration and hazardous informal recycling: Hanoi, Vietnam
EJAtlas Team Member
LATIN AMERICA
51. "We cannot find another job!" An introduction to Latin America
Lucía Fernández Gabard
52. Ban on animal-drawn carts: Berazategui, Argentina
Valeria Calvas
53. City installs "anti-poor" waste containers contrary to waste picker rights: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Valeria Calvas
54. The state company (CEAMSE) and waste management: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lucrecia Wagner
55. Aurá dump and the struggle of Belém's informal waste pickers: Pará, Brazil
EJAtlas Team Member
56. Waste pickers struggles and water contamination in Jardim Gramacho: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
EJAtlas Team Member
57. Residents and waste pickers of Sarzedo struggle against incinerators: Minas Gerais, Brazil
EJAtlas Team Member
58. Incinerating urban solid waste in Barueri: São Paulo, Brazil
EJAtlas Team Member
59. Waste pickers mobilise against the carbonisation of solid waste: Rondônia, Brazil
EJAtlas Team Member
60. Waste pickers fight against incinerator in Mauá: São Paulo, Brazil
Marcos Todt and EJAtlas Team Member
61. Prohibition of animal- and human-drawn vehicles: Porto Alegre, Brazil
Marcos Todt and Alexandro Cardoso
62. Waste incineration in Curitiba: Paraná, Brazil
Marcos Todt
63. Waste pickers against pollution and public policy: Federal District, Brazil
Francisco Venes and Grettel Navas
64. City hall hampers activities of waste picker cooperatives: São Paulo, Brazil
Marcos Todt
65. Waste pickers mobilisation against incinerator in São Bernardo do Campo: São Paulo, Brazil
Alice Kasznar and EJAtlas Team Member
66. Policy change puts inclusive waste pickers' labour practices at risk: Bogota, Colombia
Valeria Calvas
67. Waste pickers fight exclusion at eco-park Rafey: Santiago, Dominican Republic
EJAtlas Team Member
68. Waste pickers face insecurity and toxic conditions at Zona 3 dumpsite: Guate, Guatemala
EJAtlas Team Member
69. Garbage woes and attempts to include waste pickers: Georgetown, Guyana
EJAtlas Team Member
70. Waste pickers fight for formalisation and the right to work: Mérida, Mexico
Marcos Todt
71. Veolia waste-to-energy incineration plant: Mexico City, Mexico
Valeria Calvas
72. The La Chureca dumpsite enclosure: Managua, Nicaragua
EJAtlas Team Member
73. Waste pickers fight for labour and human rights: Cerro Patacón, Panama
Joseph Carter, Isobel Bishai, Kaoutar Haddouti, Lucas Leitz, Eleonore (Yi-Hsin) Hung, and Ghina Sawan
74. Waste pickers lose access to recyclable waste from closure of dumpsite: Panama
Valeria Calvas
75. Ban on animal-drawn carts jeopardises waste picker livelihoods: Montevideo, Uruguay
Valeria Calvas
76. The landfill of Cambalache: Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
Emiliano Teran Mantovani
77. Afterword
Additional annotated bibliography
ANNEX 1 Resolution 5: Just Transition for International Campaign to Promote Integration in Waste Management and Strong Social Safety Net
ANNEX 2 Constitution of the International Alliance of Waste Pickers
