COVID-19 awareness driven by wastepickers’ children in India
As the world grapples to fight off the Novel Coronavirus, it has now become everyone’s responsibility to be mindful of the basic hygiene and adhere to them strictly. Chintan&...
GLOBAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers is a networking process supported by WIEGO, among thousands of waste picker organizations with groups in more than 28 countries covering mainly Latin America, Asia and Africa.
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Waste pickers in Philippines face Coronavirus
We have received from Philippines a series of answers to our call for information of actions by waste picker organizations from 5 groups (4 from Metro Manila, and 1 from Cagayan de...
Fight the Battle against the Coronavirus COVID-19 (SWaCH, Pune, India)
As we fight the battle against the Corona Virus COVID-19, it is important to remember that waste management and disposal is a crucial service. It is imperative that waste be collec...
Call to national and local governments and citizens to assist and support Waste Pickers (SAWPA, South Africa)
The South African Waste Pickers Association is calling all men and women who are picking the recyclable materials within the waste stream, those on the landfills, streets, illegal ...
Recommendations to Prevent the spread of Coronavirus as Waste Pickers(ANR, Colombia)
Fellow Waste Pickers: The following are some recommendations to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus (Coronavirus) in our work as public service providers of Recyclables manage...
Waste Pickers and Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Dear waste picker groups and allies around the world, In recognition of the urgent need to protect waste pickers against COVID-19 virus, we would like to collect and share recommen...
Another brutal killing of a waste picker in Kenya
Our friend and a fellow waste picker Warren Jirongo, a 26 years old man at Kawangware, Nairobi (Kenya), was killed last month. He was brutally stabbed to death by his landlord over...
Mobilizations Around the World for Global Waste Pickers Day 2020
This March 1st, 2020, waste pickers are paying a new homage to the fellow recyclers who were murdered in Colombia 27 years ago. In their honor, this date became a global day in whi...
Ground Score, a new waste picker organization in the USA
A new waste picker association took root in the United States of America in 2019, and this year will be its first time celebrating International Waste Picker Day on March 1st. Port...
Sure we Can, organized waste pickers in Brooklyn NY, fights eviction
Sure We Can (SWC) is a community space, sustainability hub, and redemption center located in Bushwick, Brooklyn NY (USA). At our site, canners, or those who collect and redeem bott...
In Memoriam: Exequiel Estay Tapia
Today the wastepicker movement lost one of its strongest leaders, and certainly one of the most visible and well known recycler from Latinamerica, the Chilean Exequiel Estay Tapia....
Waste Pickers’ voice heard at the UN- World Habitat Day in Mexico
On account of the World Habitat Day held by the United Nations last October 7th, 2019, Abel Balderas Ramirez was invited, on behalf of the waste pickers’ sector and the Global Al...
Big win for waste pickers in Paris, major lessons learned from the South: a global movement
AMELIOR, the Association of Waste Pickers in Paris, has just won a call for projects funded by Syctom, the largest European Union dedicated to the collection and treatment of ̶...
Gathering of waste pickers from Paris and New York
On September 26th, a workshop was held in New York. At the workshop, waste pickers from Sure We Can (SWC), and Samuel Le Coeur, delegate from Amelior, the association which holds b...
Over 2000 Urban Waste Pickers Join the Collective Market System in Buenos Aires
The collective market system was established some years ago. However, in March, over 2000 waste pickers from the ‘Amanecer de los Cartoneros’ Cooperative, in Buenos Aires, Arge...
Recyclable Materials Travel 400 km by Train to Be Marketed in Buenos Aires
On July 29, the Cooperative of Urban Waste Pickers of Tandil, which is located in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, sent recyclable materials to the city of Buenos Aires for...
Waste Pickers under Attack in Downtown Buenos Aires
In April, the Government of the City of Buenos Aires deployed garbage containers that excluded and stigmatized urban waste pickers. These are smart containers that can only be open...
Waste Pickers in Colombia Build a Second House for Waste Pickers
In August, waste pickers organized under Waste Pickers’ Association of Bogotá (ARB) started to build their second house made of plastic wood in Bogotá. This is a milestone, sin...
Charges Filed by the Municipality of Rionegro against ‘Planeta Verde’ are Dismissed
Last year, among the policies promoted by the municipality of Rionegro (Colombia) to favour the private sector and worsen the conditions of organized groups of waste pickers, espec...
Brazil: Huge Protest against Waste Incineration
On June 7, thousands of Brazilian waste pickers, who have been organized under the National Movement of Waste Pickers of Recyclable Materials in Brazil (MNCR) since 2001, marched t...
