AIKMM’s First National Conference: December 10-11
10-11 December 2012 in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh Dear Friends and Supporters, Following the opening of the Indian economy in early 1990s, Indian cities have been going through monume...
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WASTE PICKERS
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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Press Release: Waste Picker (50) Drowns in Msunduzi River
South Africa – 5 October 2012 For immediate release Hlanganani MaAfrika Waste Picker Cooperative South African Waste Pickers Association groundWork, Friends of the Earth So...
Global Alliance of Waste Pickers Newsletter. September, 2012
We are happy to share with you the second Global Alliance of Waste Picker’s newsletter. It covers a number of topics and activities in which the Global alliance has participated over the past several months.
The new communications secretariat for Red Lacre
Felipe Rosario has been a proud waste picker since 2008, when he followed both of his brothers’ footsteps into the profession. He was 18 years old. A native of Cuesta Blanca,...
Update from Latin America
2nd National Waste Pickers’ Conference of Venezuela Mérida, Venezuela May 17-18, 2012 Organized by the National Association of Waste Pickers of Venezuela and with the suppor...
MNCR: Summary of MNCR’s Collective Demands
Solid waste and social inclusion Create laws, fiscalize and comply with national laws that control solid waste treatment that guarantees the social inclusion of waste pickers. Elim...
Publications until September 2012
On the road to Zero Waste: waste pickers as main actors GAIA has recently launched the publication, “On The Road to Zero Waste: Successes and Lessons from around the World....
Upcoming events and past events
Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) Ongoing – July, August and September, 2012 The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), which interviews and gathers information fro...
Pune2012: Sharing experiences of integration and inclusion in municipal solid waste management systems
by Leslie Vryenhoek From April 27-29, waste pickers from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe participated in the First Global Strategic Workshop in Pune, India . This workshop w...
Update from Asia
This information was compiled from the Alliance of Indian Waste Pickers newsletters from May and August 2012: The Consultation of Urban Local Bodies on Integrating waste pickers i...
Update from Africa
South Africa (information about South Africa provided by Musa Chamane, groundWork) Ongoing activities After COP17, the South African Waste Pickers’ Association (SAWPA) agreed to ...
Update from Musa Chamane, Waste Campaign Manager: Mooi River Shelter
Hi Everyone, Mooi River Shelter for the labour intensive materials Recovery Facility nearly to the end. We have been talking about this project in the last two years, now something...
“Women Simply Want Equality”: Interview with Maria Mônica da Silva and Viviane Mertig of MNCR.
When talking about capitalism, the privatizing of public goods and services, and the global economic crisis, it’s impossible not to talk about patriarchy: the system of socia...
Stop the Forced Removal of Informal Workers during “Beautification” projects!
By Deia de Brito At an event organized by the National Movement of Waste Pickers in Brazil (MNCR) during the People’s Summit, speakers from different social movements and org...
Video: Space for Wastepickers in Solid Waste Management Just Released!
Watch the video detailing activities and lessons learned at the Global Strategic Workshop of Waste Pickers held in April 2012. Share it!
Debate on the People’s Summit radio with waste pickers, street vendors, & allies: “We have to unite waste pickers and street vendors”
During the People’s Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro between June 15 and 22, Myriam Marques, with the People’s Summit Radio station, interviewed workers and allies. See t...
Chintan: No Child in Trash Newsletter
INDIA – 7 September 2012 – Dear Friends, Chintan is happy to share with you our newsletter from our No Child in Trash Programme. Many of you reached out and helped wit...
SAWPA’S national exchange affirms waste pickers’ cooperative’s work in Mooi River and Pietermaritzburg
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 11 September 2012 groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa South African Waste Pickers Association Mooi River and Pietermaritzburg, South Africa,...
Victory and next steps on CDM
September 10th 2012 Dear friends, I would like to share the latest results of the campaign against the CDM carbon credits to incinerators and landfills and for the recognition of g...
Latin American waste pickers and allies support SWACH cooperative
We extend our support and solidarity to the wastepickers of Pimpri Chinchwad in the struggle for decent work and improved livelihoods and against the actions of the municipality th...