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GlobalRec seeks meaningful participation of waste pickers in the first negotiations of Plastics Treaty in Uruguay

GlobalRec | Region Global | Jul 15, 2022

The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers has submitted the position paper for the first intergovernmental negotiating committee meeting on plastic pollution. The submission recommends ...

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Delegation of Waste Pickers Attends the ad-hoc open-ended working group (OEWG) meeting held in Dakar, organized pursuant to United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) resolution 5/14

GlobalRec | Region Global | Jun 27, 2022

Globalrec’s waste picker delegation participated in several reunions, side-events, press conferences and other projects from May 29 to Jun 1, reinforcing the importance of having a waste picker delegation attending global reunions like UNEA.

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GLOBAL EXCHANGE ON THE ARGENTINA RECYCLES PROGRAM

GlobalRec | Region Latin America | May 16, 2022

GLOBAL EXCHANGE ON THE ARGENTINA RECYCLES PROGRAM FACCYR is going to develop an exchange in order to present its GIIRSU guide, a social inclusion strategy, which will provide tools...

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Waste Pickers from Latin America gather in Panamá to learn, get informed and march for their rights.

GlobalRec | Region Latin America | May 12, 2022

The national and regional assembly of waste pickers was held in Panama City from April 21-25, and was part of the knowledge transfer process for the professionalization of waste pi...

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Possibilities for a just transition of the informal waste sector (webinar)

GlobalRec | Region Global | Apr 03, 2022

The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers participates in the webinar “Possibilities for a just transition of the informal waste sector” organized by UN-Habitat and the Norw...

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Waste picker shelters burned in Bantar Gebang Landfill (Indonesia)

GlobalRec | Region Asia | Mar 25, 2022

On March 15, at 2pm Indonesia time, shelters of members of Ikatan Pemulung Indonesia (Indonesia Waste-pickers Union – IPI) were burned near Bantar Gebang Landfill (in Bekasi,...

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Fire outbreak in waste picker homes in Ghana

GlobalRec | Region Africa | Mar 17, 2022

On March 16, 15 waste pickers in Ghana at Kpone landfill lost their properties due to a fire outbreak at their quarters that started during the night. Their homes, where they lived...

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Recycling Without Waste Pickers is Garbage: 2022 Global Waste Picker Day

GlobalRec | Region Global | Mar 11, 2022

This March 1st, 2022, 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...

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Waste pickers’ delegation attend UNEA for the first time and demand to be included in negotiations of the international treaty on plastics

WIEGO | Region Global | Feb 27, 2022

A new legally binding international treaty on plastic pollution will be discussed at the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA). Globalrec’s delegation of Waste picker re...

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Call for Recognition of Waste-pickers in International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastics Pollution

GlobalRec | Region Global | Feb 22, 2022

This declaration was read by Soledad Mella, representative of the Global Alliance of Waste pickers and president of the Asociación Movimiento Nacional de Recicladores de Chile (AN...

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