Creative Commons "Este é um artigo publicado em acesso aberto sob uma licença" Creative commons (CC BY 4.0). Fonte: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85147000743&origin=inward. Acesso em: 20 jun. 2023.PISANO, V.Jacques DemajorovicBESEN, G. R.2023-06-012023-06-012022-01-05PISANO, V.; DEMAJOROVIC, J.; BESEN, G. R. Política nacional de resíduos sólidos do Brasil: perspectivas das redes de cooperativas de catadores. Ambiente e Sociedade, v. 25, 2022.https://repositorio.fei.edu.br/handle/FEI/4804© All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Atribution License.Despite the advances in the implementation of the National Solid Waste Policy (PNRS), waste pickers’ organizations (WPO) continue to face structural problems that challenge its viability. Facing the challenges, cooperative networks (CN) emerged as an alternative to expand their role in the recycling chain. The objective of this research is to identify the challenges and perspectives of the actions of waste pickers’ networks in the recycling chain and discuss how this new organizational arrangement can contribute to the expected advances of PNRS. The methodological procedures included the selection of 3 case studies of CN, interviews, documental and content analysis. The results show the importance of public policies and the breadth of the partnerships to the consolidation of CN analyzed. Thus, an adaptation of PNRS to the new dynamics of the recycling market, considering the multiple benefits of CN, can contribute to overcome the structural problems face by WPO.Acesso AbertoArtigo10.1590/1809-4422ASOC20210151R1TDNational solid waste policyNetworksRecyclable materialsRecyclingSolid wasteWaste pickers