Contested Waste

Preface by editors

Foreword

Nohra Padilla

1. Introduction

Daniele Vico, Federico Demaria, and Lucia Fernandez 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 Akouedo dump: Abidjan, Cote 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, Maria Perez 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

Lucia Fernandez 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. Aura dump and the struggle of Belem's informal waste pickers: Para, 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: Rondonia, Brazil

EJAtlas Team Member

60. Waste pickers fight against incinerator in Maua: 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: Parana, 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: Merida, 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 Patacon, 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