Between April 23 and 29, delegations composed of researchers, government agents and representatives of collectors from various countries (Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Nicaragua and Tanzania) met in Kisumu, Kenya to exchange the results of research on governance including solid waste and basic innovations; two research initiatives coordinated by the universities of Victoria (Canada) and the university of Gothenburg (Sweden), since 2017. In addition to a representative of the Federal University of ABC (UFABC), two waste pickers, Ionara Pereira dos Santos, coordinator of the recycling cooperative Avemare, in Santana de Paraiba and member of the Sustainable Green Network of recycling cooperatives, and Cleiton Ribeiro Emboava of the waste pickers’ association Associação Nova Glicério, in São Paulo.