Waste pickers demand expansion of the Bottle Bill in NYC
Informal recyclers and their allies gather outside New York City Hall to demand expansion of the state’s Bottle Bill. Josefa Marin, supported by the Canner Advocacy Task Forc...
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Binners’ Project offers a new service: Waste Audits
Throughout the pandemic, Binners’ Project (Vancouver, Canada) has continued offering waste sorting services to building, residences, and events which provide stable and reliable ...
Global Alliance of Waste Pickers highlights of 2021
The Global Alliance of Waste Picker highlights of 2021 are the following: Globalrec establishes a working group dedicated to understanding and developing resources for the role of ...
National mobilization seeks priority in vaccination for Catadores
In Brazil, a joint action of the National Movement of Waste Pickers in Brazil (MNCR) and the legal arms Ancat and Unicatadores have articulated the advancement of COVID-19 vaccinat...
Protests in 20 cities in Minas Gerais condemn garbage incineration
Protests brought together environmentalists and waste pickers on July 21st in a day of struggle against the Ministry of Environment’s edict. Protests over 20 cities in Minas ...
FACCyR presented at ILO
FACCyR was present at the International Labor Conference organized by ILO. Our colleague and general secretary of the Federación Argentina de Cartoneros, Carreros y Recicladores, ...
Waste pickers join forces to fight climate crisis in Argentina
In alliance with the climate crisis movements, waste pickers marched for environmental justice, with an inclusive packaging law. On Friday, September 24 at 5 pm, from the Argentine...
Webinar: Waste-pickers Contribution for a Cleaner Planet at COP26. Nov. 9th
It is our immense pleasure to invite you to the Webinar: Saving the Climate: Waste-pickers Contribution for a Cleaner Planet that will take place on November 9th, 2021 at 18:30 In...
Podcast on Reclaimers in South Africa
In this podcast published by New Frame they interview Kopano Mokoena, Thando Nkalaand Eva Mokoena, reclaimers of Johannesburg, South Africa. They also interview Federico Parra (WIE...
African Reclaimers Organisation (ARO) Wins WWF’s Living Planet Award
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has named Johannesburg-based non-profit organisation African Reclaimers Organisation (ARO) and acclaimed South African scientist Professor Bob Scho...
Jacquelina Flores Addresses the ILC Recurrent Discussion on Social Security Committee
For the first time in its history, the 109th International Labour Conference (ILC) is being held virtually due to restrictions and changes imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The it...
Victory for Reclaimers and Residents in Johannesburg!
The City of Johannesburg has just announced the withdrawal of the R50 recycling fee following the African Reclaimers Organization petition which had over 3600 signatures and demand...
Criminal Fires Must Stop
The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers (GLOBALREC) condemns the criminal fires taking place in several dumpsites in the Dominican Republic, and stands in solidarity with fellow recyc...
May Day: Investments in social and labour protections needed for economic recovery
Organizations representing over 2.1 million informal workers from around the world call on governments to accelerate investments in worker protections as a central component of eco...
Recycling Without Waste Pickers is Garbage: 2021 Global Waste Picker Day
This March 1st, 2021, waste pickers paid a new homage to the fellow waste pickers who were murdered in Colombia in 1992. In their honor, this date became a global day in which recy...
Kpone Landfill Waste Pickers Association (Ghana) for Global Waste Pickers Day 2021
COMMEMORATION OF INTERNATIONAL WASTE PICKERS DAY. 1st March 2021 On the occasion of the 29th commemoration of International Waste Picker’s Day, the Kpone Landfill Waste Pickers A...
Job posting as GlobalRec Communication officer
We are hiring a Global Alliance of Waste Pickers Communication officer. Please share broadly. Submit before December 10th, 2020! Context of Global Alliance of Waste Pickers The Glo...
A Call for Intervention and Support for Scrap and Waste Workers in Nigeria
The National Union of Scrap and Waste Workers of Nigeria (NUSWON); an affiliate of The Federation of Informal Workers’ Organizations of Nigeria (FIWON) is a platform that rep...
Mbeubeuss: Declaration of the Waste Pickers Association on the occasion of May 1st
Workers in Senegal and around the world are celebrating Labor Day this year in a particular context marked by the coronavirus pandemic. The Bokk Diom Association wishes to expresse...
YoSoyLiliana: Condemnation of violence against a waste picker in Colombia
While Liliana Ospina Corrales, a waste picker by trade from the Planeta Verde Cooperative, was making her route to provide waste recovery public services, the neighbours and the co...