
Category: Landfills


Another massive fire in Mbeubeuss landfill in Dakar, show support!

Following an Agreement Between UCRUS and the Municipality of Montevideo

Rafey Eco-park recyclers claim immediate release of detainees

A massive fire in Mbeubeuss landfill (Senegal)

Open dumps and the environment: an intimate connection

Massive fire in waste pickers’ community: appeal for help

Another death at the Estrutural landfill, near the Brazilian capital

Recycling facility construction halted by intergovernmental disputes

“Trash Mountain”: Photos from Ghazipur landfill

South African waste pickers call on the government to build recycling facility

Waste pickers in the Dominican Republic attacked in protest

Why we are against extending the deadline of the national waste policy
Across Brazil, open dumps cause death and disease for waste pickers. To extend for another eight years the deadline to close open dumps will mean the continuation of this degrading situation, another eight years in which waste pickers will not have adequate workplaces and equipment.

Another waste picker dies and municipalities insist on keeping dumpsites open
On September 2nd, a waste picker died in a work-related accident at the Estrutural dumpsite in Brasília. Chico Moura, 57, who worked at the Estrutural dump for 25 years, was buried and then crushed by the machines that cover the waste at the dumpsite.

Four pilot projects in the works: an update from the South African Waste Pickers’ Association
SAWPA has been in negotiations with government at all levels about their recognition, particularly receiving recognition in some municipal areas that has since resulted in new projects on the ground. There are various projects in which SAWPA members are involved.

Msunduzi municipality puts job creation project on back-burner
Instead of supporting the local social economy, Msunduzi Municipality has signed an agreement with Wildlands Conservation Trust to take all recyclable waste from Pietermaritzburg.

Estrutural: the largest dumpsite in Latin America is a nightmare for Brazilian society

Waste pickers in the Dominican Republic warn of a landfill’s dangers
In October, the Association of Waste Pickers of Eco Parque Rafey landfill in the Dominican Republic warned about the dangers of a landfill called the Vertedero Municipal de Santiago de los Caballeros. Because of poor management, the landfill frequently catches on fire.

“As of today, the waste pickers of Rio de Janeiro will go hungry”
In the first week of September, 246 waste pickers of the Gericinó dumpsite in Bangú, a peripheral neighborhood in the Rio de Janeiro municipality, were facing the possibility of being suddenly out of work. The workers found out that the city, which has been in the process of closing the dumpsite for many months, was going to hand management over to a private company within two weeks time and that the dumpsite would be off limits.

Red Lacre representatives show solidarity with Chilean landfill workers
On August 31, as part of the Red Lacre meeting held in Chile, 15 delegates visited waste pickers in the Los Molles landfill in the city of Valparaíso, only a few days before its closure and the opening of a new one. The purpose of the visit was to show support and give motivation for local organizing and reintegration at the new landfill. Los Molles has been open for more than 30 years.