INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF WASTE PICKERS

The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a union of waste picker organizations representing more than 460,000 workers across 34 countries
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Country Argentina

January 21, 2019

Translated by Abrapalabra Co-op.


10/21/2018

More than 300 waste pickers of Escobar, in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, conquered a warehouse that was granted by the municipality. There they will be able to gather and classify material from near cities. This conquest is a great step on the way toward the development of new and better policies for public recycling oriented to have social inclusion as its foundation. Read full article in Spanish.