2025-11-182025-11-18https://repositorio.uandes.cl/handle/uandes/58800Objective: to bring up the ways of organizing and remunerating the work of waste<br/>pickers, and to reflect on the reverberation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic<br/>(SARS-COV-2) in their daily activities.<br/>Methodology: the studies are carried out through bibliographic and documentary<br/>research, bringing relevant legislation - notably the National Solid Waste Policy<br/>Law -, and indexes provided by IPEA on the activities of waste pickers; making a<br/>small quantitative cut, which embraces gender and race issues.<br/>Results: to point out situations of inequalities faced by waste pickers as well as<br/>the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic (SARS-COV-2) has had and continues<br/>to have on their activities.<br/>Contributions: to record the realities experienced by waste pickers, at this<br/>current moment in human history, when the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the<br/>planet, claiming millions of lives and accentuating inequalities, especially among<br/>people already considered vulnerable, since before the pandemic period, as it is<br/>the case of recyclable material pickers, whose work is marked by informality and<br/>precariousness.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessRecyclable waste collectorsInformal and precarious workInequalitiesRights(in) effectivenessCovid-19 pandemic (sars-cov-2)Article