Demet Ş. Dinler
The Waste-Pickers’ Association in Turkey carried out a public advocacy campaign to defend
the right to work without being subject to violence in the streets, and the same rights to
health and legal recognition that waste-pickers in South America have, as recognized and
authorised service providers. For Colombia, see Ruiz-Restrepo and Barnes (2010), and for
Brazil, see Dias (2012). Today waste-pickers in Turkey continue to work as informal wagelabourers. For a more detailed class analysis of waste-pickers in the recycling market see
Dinler (2016).
Ruiz-Restrepo, A. and S. Barnes (2010). WIEGO Report on the policy environment of
informal urban waste-pickers and artisanal mine workers in Colombia, October.