“Mayor grapples with trash expenses” (Sun Star)
BAGUIO City Government officials are now studying the possibility of selling recyclable wastes collected in the barangays. This is to recoup increasing solid waste management and g...
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“Wastepickers suffer as PCMC fails to segregate garbage at source” (Times of India)
PUNE: The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has failed to spread awareness and ensure segregation of garbage into wet and dry waste at source. As a result, garbage coll...
“Abren disputa por tratadora del Bordo Poniente” (Terra)
Ciudad de México.- Un nuevo frente de disputa entre el Gobierno local y la Administración federal está abierto en Bordo Poniente: la Comisión Nacional del Agua demanda cerrar l...
“BNDES apoia com R$ 1,1 milhão cooperativa de catadores em SP” (Portal Fator Brasil)
São Paulo, Brasil – Jan. 7, 2012 O Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) aprovou colaboração financeira não reembolsável no valor de R$ 1,1 milhÃ...
‘El relleno sanitario Doña Juana tiene que desaparecer’ (El Espectador)
En tres meses, Guillermo Asprilla, el nuevo gerente de la Unidad Administrativa de Servicios Públicos (Uaesp), tendrá que presentar ante la Corte Constitucional el nuevo proyecto...
“Cartoneros Organizados” (ADN Ciudad.com)
A fines del 2011, bajo la órbita de control y gestión de la Dirección General de Reciclado, dependiente de la SubsecretarÃa de Higiene Urbana porteña, quedó inaugurada la ...
“Nuevo director de la UAESP asegura que por ahora no es necesario declarar urgencia manifiesta” (El Caracol)
Durante su posesión como director de la Unidad Administrativa Especial de Servicios Públicos, el ex concejal Guillermo Asprilla, aseguró que la entidad cuenta con las herramient...
“Preço do lixo reciclável cai e catadores são demitidos” (EPTV.com)
Brasil – Jan. 2, 2012 O preço pago pelos lixos recicláveis em 2012 está mais baixo. O quilo do papel, comercializado em 2011 a R$ 0,40, apresenta um valor R$ 0,10 mais bai...
“Waste-pickers face bleak future” (Deccan Herald)
Members of All India Kachra Shramik Mahasangh (AIKSM) said the government is privatising garbage collection, allowing private companies to make profit. “The government’s intent...
“Rags to World Bank: Gujarat women script new future” (Times of India)
AHMEDABAD: After rummaging through heaps of garbage in the morning, Kapila Rathod, a 24-year-old waste-picker from Gomtipur in Ahmedabad, does a nine-to-six job for World Bank. If ...
“Corporation’s plan to generate electricity from waste is unviable, say experts” (Times of India)
CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation’s plan to generate electricity from garbage has been slammed by environmentalists and waste management experts. In a bid to tackle the growin...
“Sindicato apoia a inauguração da fábrica de reciclagem de catadores” (Sindemetau)
Os catadores de recicláveis de Sorocaba e região inauguraram nesta quarta, dia 13, uma fábrica de tubos de esgoto e mangueiras de irrigação. Os produtos serão produzidos dos ...
“En Caracas se recicla apenas 15% de los desechos que se producen” (El Universal)
A nivel mundial existe el consenso de que el reciclaje es el único camino a seguir para abordar el tema de la generación de residuos; en Caracas casi todas las iniciativas de rec...
“Ragpickers oppose waste to energy plants” (Down to Earth)
With the fear of losing their means of living looming over them, waste pickers from across the country have opposed Delhi government’s plan to install three waste to energy plant...
“Mexico City closes vast trash dump” (Boston Globe)
MEXICO CITY—Mexico City will close one of the world’s largest garbage dumps by Dec. 31 and will instead turn the garbage from millions of people into reusable materials and...
Carta de reciclador Silvio Ruiz Grisales sobre la conquista en Colombia
Hola Queridas Compañeras y Compañeros, Apreciados Aliados, Amigos y Colaboradores La Honorable Corte Constitucional de Colombia acaba de hacer todo un tratado de la igualdad mate...
Press Release – The PSWM International Seminar on Inclusive Waste Management
Published by the Participatory Sustainable Waste Management Project: On December 14th and 15th 2011, the Participatory Sustainable Waste Management project (PSWM) has held a 2-day ...
Video – Palavra Ética com dona Geralda da ASMARE
Sob a coordenação de Gilvander Moreira, nesse Programa Palavra Ética, da TV Comunitária de Belo Horizonte — TVC/BH -, dona Geralda — Maria das Graças Marçal, Coor...
“Civic body tells SWaCH to stop collecting garbage” (Times of India)
PUNE: Following the breakdown of the garbage processing plant at the landfill site in Phursungi-Urali, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has instructed SWaCH (Solid Waste Collec...
A Huge Victory for Waste Pickers in Colombia
Hello Waste Pickers and Allies, A significant victory has finally arrived for the waste pickers of Colombia — and right in time for the holidays and New Year. For the past 11...