This article pays attention to the activities of Kaya Bola (KBs)—informal waste collectors in Kumasi, Ghana whose imperatives are given little attention in the sustainable development narratives. How their activities illuminate good livelihood practices, proper city governance, and foster economic empowerment are discussed using multiple research methodologies. As the article shows, KBs have used their exceptional skills in waste collection to launch themselves into sustainable urban employment. They are intensely situated in the specifics of articulations and imbrications in many other processes. The most useful are that beyond keeping the city clean, they have also emerged as a campaign to combat joblessness, social exclusion, urban discontent, and spatial fragmentation associated with rigid labor arrangements under the neoliberal economic restructuring. The article contends that their image as unruly and messy is misleading. Contrary, their contribution toward the urban space calls for a recalibration of policies toward achieving the SDGs.

本文关注Kaya Bola的活动（KBs）-加纳库马西的非正式废物收集者，其对可持续发展的叙述很少关注。使用多种研究方法讨论了他们的活动如何照亮良好的生活习惯，适当的城市治理以及促进经济赋权。如文章所示，知识库（KB）利用其在垃圾收集方面的非凡技能，将自己投入可持续的城市就业。在许多其他过程中，它们紧密地位于关节和咬合的细节中。最有用的是，除了保持城市清洁外，它们还作为一项运动与新自由主义经济结构调整下的僵化劳力安排相关的失业，社会排斥，城市不满和空间分散化而出现。文章认为，他们不守规矩的形象令人误解。相反，它们对城市空间的贡献要求对实现可持续发展目标的政策进行重新调整。