News
Victory and next steps on CDM
Latin American waste pickers and allies support SWACH cooperative
News round-Up/Noticias de la semana/Noticias da semana – Sept.3
Alliance of Indian Wastepickers (AIW) Newsletter August 2012 in Hindi
Index of contents:
- तेज होता पेंशन अभियान
- हमें ये भविष्य मंजूर नहीं!’ : रियो 20
- आरटीइ – धीरे धीरे खुलता दरवाजा
- कपड़ा संग्रह अभियान V-Collect
- दिल्ली की खबरें
Alliance of Indian Wastepickers (AIW) Newsletter August 2012
Index of contents:
- Pension campaign grows stronger
- ‘We reject this future!’: Rio+ 20
- RTE – the door opens slowly
- V-Collect Clothes
- News from Delhi
Chintan publication: “Failing the Grade” – waste pickers and solid waste management
In March 2007, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) released a Performance Audit of Management of Waste in India. Amongst his observations, one was related to the lack of recognition of the informal sector. The report stated, “Only 17 percent of the sampled states had recognized the role of the wastepickers.”
Protest March *Aug. 29* by Delhi Waste Collectors: Appeal from All India Kabadi Mazdoor Mahasangh (AIKMM)
SWACH signing out of MOU and terminating contract with PCMC
Declaration: No to incineration in the Rio+20 text (text+video)
We face the Rio +20 Conference with deep concerns about the state of the formal United Nations negotiations and the policies that are being promoted by governments on environmental matters, specifically in the area of waste. (…)
Waste pickers at the People’s March, Rio de Janeiro
Waste pickers from the National Movement (MNCR), Uruguay, Colombia, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and India, marched together with thousands of social movements from around the world yesterday, June 20, at the People’s March.
Resisting the Hygienization of Urban Centers
At a panel organized by the National Movement of Waste Pickers in Brazil, several speakers from different social movements and organizations spoke about the removal of street vendors, homeless populations, and waste pickers that has been happening with increasing frequency as Brazil develops and takes on mega-events such as the World Cup and the Olympics. The panel was called, “Resisting the Hygienization of Urban Centers.”
Waste pickers participate in the People’s Summit General Assembly
Waste pickers at Rio+20 & the People’s Summit: One foot in the social movement, the other in the U.N. convention center
The People’s Summit: a vibrant, sprawling stretch of social movements in their full glory. White tents spread across kilometers of public park near the city center, teeming with political activities, decrying a false green economy that incentivizes pollution and the commodification of natural resources.