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Over 2000 Urban Waste Pickers Join the Collective Market System in Buenos Aires

GlobalRec | Region Latin America | Oct 29, 2019

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...

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Recyclable Materials Travel 400 km by Train to Be Marketed in Buenos Aires

GlobalRec | Region Latin America | Oct 28, 2019

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...

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Waste Pickers under Attack in Downtown Buenos Aires

GlobalRec | Region Latin America | Oct 27, 2019

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...

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Waste Pickers in Colombia Build a Second House for Waste Pickers

ARB | Region Latin America | Oct 26, 2019

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...

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Charges Filed by the Municipality of Rionegro against ‘Planeta Verde’ are Dismissed

Coop. Planeta Verde | Region Latin America | Oct 23, 2019

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...

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Brazil: Huge Protest against Waste Incineration

GlobalRec | Region Latin America | Oct 22, 2019

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...

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The Third Zero Waste Meeting Ecuador 2019 was Held in Quito

GlobalRec | Region Latin America | Oct 19, 2019

The Third Zero Waste Meeting Ecuador 2019 was held at Simon Bolivar Andean University, in Quito, Ecuador, on September 4 and 5. Among the meeting’s participants were scholars, lo...

Trainings

African Reclaimers Organisation (ARO) marches for their rights

GlobalRec | Region Africa | May 02, 2019

African Reclaimers Organisation (ARO) is a Johannesburg based organisation of informal reclaimers who collect recyclables from Johannesburg’s streets and landfills. There are...

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Mobilizations Around the World for Global Waste Pickers Day 2019

GlobalRec | Region Global, Latin America, North America | Mar 20, 2019

This past March 1st, 2019, waste pickers paid 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 whic...

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Global exchange of waste pickers “Recycling in our hands” in Buenos Aires

GlobalRec | Region Global | Jan 29, 2019

From October 17 to 22, 2018, the global exchange of waste pickers’ organizations “Recycling in our hands” was held in the Popular Economy Workers’ Confedera...

Events

Argentina: FACCyR Implements an Inclusive Recycling System in the city of Zárate

FACCyR | Region Latin America | Jan 26, 2019

After several months of discussions among recyclers’ cooperatives of Zárate (Argentina), which take part of FACCyR – CTEP, they got the local deliberative Council to pass a bi...

Laws and Legislation

FACCyR Promotes a New Program to Care for Beaches with Inclusion

FACCyR | Region Latin America | Jan 25, 2019

In the coastal cities of Argentina, the female waste pickers who are Environmental Promoters will work together with recyclers to recover waste materials from beaches. This summer ...

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RENAREC Celebrates 10 Years Organizing Grass-root Waste Pickers

RENAREC | Region Latin America | Jan 23, 2019

Through a solemn session, a forum, an exhibition and cultural events about inclusive recycling, RENAREC celebrated its 10 years organizing grass-root waste pickers. There was an ac...

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Argentina: Waste Pickers of FACCyR in Escobar Conquered their Workplace

FACCyR | Region Latin America | Jan 21, 2019

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 an...

Organizing

Watch the feature film “Waste Picking Stories”

Setor de Comunicação MNCR | Region Latin America | Jan 16, 2019

The feature film “Waste Picking Stories” (Catadores de História) directed by filmmaker Tania Quaresma was released on online platforms on December 13, 2018. It receive...

Videos

Some of the members of ARO who attended the dialogue with members of the public on the 2nd September 2018

Landfill and street recyclers for the first time united and organized in South Africa

African Reclaimers Organisation | Region Africa | Jan 15, 2019

On the 2nd Septemeber 2018, African Reclaimers Organisation (ARO) introduced itself to the broader public as the first organisation of recyclers that united those who work in landf...

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Lanzamiento de la planta de madera plástica de la Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá

The Waste Pickers’ Association of Bogota Launches the Plastic Wood Plant

Federico Parra | Region Latin America | Jan 14, 2019

On Friday, December 14, 2018, in Bogota, the plastic wood processing plant of the Waste Pickers’ Association of Bogota was launched. This event is of special importance for all t...

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First Informal European meeting of waste pickers and second hands operators

Rete ONU and Amelior | Region Europe | Jan 11, 2019

The first Informal European meeting of waste pickers and second hands operators Towards an European network took place in Torino, on November 21st at Eco dalle Città in Torino, It...

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Sure We Can’s Challenges and Hopes at the End of 2018 and Beginning of 2019

Ana Martínez de Luco | Region North America | Jan 10, 2019

We have been revitalized, re-charged and re-energized by the recyclers’ gathering we participated in in October 2018, in Buenos Aires. Thanks to the organizers, the hosts, the fu...

Organizing

In Accra, Kpone landfill organization small steps, big horizon

Johnson Doe | Region Africa | Dec 21, 2018

Inspired by CTEP, the Argentinean union of popular economy workers, specially by waste pickers achievements in Buenos Aires organized in FACCyR, Kpone Landfill Waste Pickers Associ...

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