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 ...
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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...
News round-Up/Noticias de la semana/Noticias da semana – Sept.3
ENGLISH INDIA. “The economy and politics of solid waste in Delhi: A Rotten deal for ragpickers.” The Gobar Times (15 August 2012). It’s a part of the CCC, folks. I am referri...
Chintan publication: “Failing the Grade” – waste pickers and solid waste management
In March 2007, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) released a Performance Audit of Management of Waste in India. Amongst his observations, one was related to the lack of recognition of the informal sector. The report stated, “Only 17 percent of the sampled states had recognized the role of the wastepickers.”
Protest March *Aug. 29* by Delhi Waste Collectors: Appeal from All India Kabadi Mazdoor Mahasangh (AIKMM)
Dear Supporters, As you know, the All India Kabadi Mazdoor Mahasangh (AIKMM, All India Waste Workers’ Federation) has been working for the rights of the informal sector in Delhi ...
SWACH signing out of MOU and terminating contract with PCMC
Pune, India – 30 July SWACH Position Paper SWACH is conceived as a decentralised, environmental friendly, user fee based model of solid waste management that upgrades livel...
Declaration: No to incineration in the Rio+20 text (text+video)
We face the Rio +20 Conference with deep concerns about the state of the formal United Nations negotiations and the policies that are being promoted by governments on environmental matters, specifically in the area of waste. (…)
Waste pickers at Rio+20 & the People’s Summit: One foot in the social movement, the other in the U.N. convention center
The People’s Summit: a vibrant, sprawling stretch of social movements in their full glory. White tents spread across kilometers of public park near the city center, teeming with political activities, decrying a false green economy that incentivizes pollution and the commodification of natural resources.
“O que está em jogo no Rio+20” (Informe MNCR)
Informe do Grupo de Articulação Internacionalizado.
A um mês da conferência das Nações Unidas Rio+20, os povos do mundo não veem resultados positivos no processo de negociação que está ocorrendo na conferência oficial. Ali não se está discutindo um balanço do cumprimento dos acordos alcançados na Rio 92, ou como mudar as causas da crise. O foco da discussão é um pacote de propostas enganosamente chamado de “economia verde” e a instauração de um novo sistema de governo ambiental internacional que o facilite.
Catadores na Cúpula dos Povos e no Rio+20
Rio de Janeiro – 13 de junho de 2012. + info Em português Durante a realização da Rio+20, a conferência da ONU sobre desenvolvimento sustentável, 141 catadores estarão ...