Waste pickers in Argentina unionize to defend their livelihoods
The waste pickers of Salta, Argentina, many of whom collect recyclables using traditional, horse-drawn carts, decided to join the Federation of Waste Pickers of Argentina and the F...
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President Dilma hears waste pickers’ demands at Expocatadores 2014
On the last day of Expocatadores, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff joined the waste pickers in their annual procession. At Expocatadores, she had listened to the demands of the n...
An update from the waste pickers of Hasirudala
Hasirudala means ‘Green Force’. We are a membership-based organisation of waste pickers seeking to improve our conditions of work and ensuring our continued access to recyclabl...
The waste pickers of Ecuador unite for their national assembly
On November 13-14, 2014, in Cuenca, Ecuador, the organized waste pickers (recicladores) of Ecuador gathered together. The assembly consisted of training workshops about leadership ...
“We are the faces of recycling”: the 5th Chilean Waste Pickers’ Conference
The Chilean waste pickers held our 5th national conference, carrying the motto: “We are the faces of recycling.” Performing this activity every day are more than 60,000...
Waste picker speaks at Conference at IIM Ahmedabad
Jayaprakash Chowdury, a wastepicker in Delhi and now Secretary of Safai Sena, an army of cleaners, was invited to be a keynote speaker at the ongoing ICCIG3- the Third Internationa...
Safai Sena holds its annual meeting
On December 27, 2014 Safai Sena held its annual meeting. Around 1100 waste recyclers from various waste recyclers’ communities were present. Safai Sena area leaders from each com...
South African waste pickers call on the government to build recycling facility
Approximately 500 waste recyclers or pickers will take to the streets of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, this week Thursday, December 11th, 2014, after three years of waiting for t...
Waste pickers in the Dominican Republic attacked in protest
On November 8th, during a protest organized by the waste pickers of the Rafey landfill in Santiago (Dominican Republic), Lavo Investment — the Italian company subcontracted t...
Waste pickers and other social movements gathered in Delhi to assert rights
More than 250 members from KKPKP, Stree Mukti Sanghatna and Kachra Kamgar Union, as well as members of Safai Sena and Chintan, along with thousands of workers, farmers, pensioners,...
Petition: Uphold the incineration ban in the Philippines!
We the undersigned, are asking the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Philippines to Uphold the Ban on Incineration, as mandated by the Philippine Environmental Laws: R...
In Delhi, waste pickers in KKU union can now vote
Greetings from Kachra Kamgar Union (KKU)! I am glad to inform you that finally, the Election Commission has started issuing voter cards (EPICs) to waste pickers (KKU members) of De...
A waste picker from Pune shared her struggle with Pope Francis
“Hum apna haq mangte, nahi kisi se bheek mangte”, said Rebecca Kedari Thomas, a KKPKP waste picker, proudly, at the “World Meeting of Popular Movements” held in the Vatican...
In the Philippines, environmentalists, waste workers say incineration will burn jobs, poison the environment
Members of the informal waste sector or IWS and community and environmental organizations marched to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), then to the House o...
Zero waste approach is a must in South Africa
Un-recycled waste is a common sight and a sign of an inefficient governance and production system, which adds to the global burden of climate change. A zero waste approach [1] to t...
Long live the biffins of Paris!
School is starting but the biffins (waste pickers) of Asso Amelior have had no vacation. After a year and a half of monthly fairs at Croix de Chavaux, about 200 biffins will again ...
Canadian waste pickers recycled 150,000 containers!
We thought of celebrating after recycling 120,000 containers but then we surpassed that last week! The success of the temporary recycling shed belonging to the Valoristes’ cooperative in Quebec confirms the need for permanent recycling sheds like the ones that exist across most of Canada.
Waste pickers matter in India’s cleanliness campaign
As part of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, a national campaign in India to clean the streets, roads and infrastructure of the country, Chintan along with Safai Sena, an association of waste...
Promote climate jobs and deny proposed waste-to-energy incinerator in Kempton Park, South Africa
Dear friends Say what?! Yes, you read it correctly. Hundreds of waste reclaimers and small recyclers in South Africa stand to lose their climate-friendly jobs and be forced to retu...
Inclusive solid waste management models should be expanded
We would like to express our profound worry with the city government’s failure to fulfill the recycling agreement. This puts at risk the public policies the waste pickers have ac...