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Webinar: Waste-pickers Contribution for a Cleaner Planet at COP26. Nov. 9th

GlobalRec | Region Global | Nov 05, 2021

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...

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Podcast on Reclaimers in South Africa

GlobalRec | Region Africa | Oct 20, 2021

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...

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African Reclaimers Organisation (ARO) Wins WWF’s Living Planet Award

GlobalRec | Region Africa | Aug 26, 2021

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...

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Jacquelina Flores Addresses the ILC Recurrent Discussion on Social Security Committee

GlobalRec | Region Global | Jun 30, 2021

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...

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Victory for Reclaimers and Residents in Johannesburg!

GlobalRec | Region Africa | May 14, 2021

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...

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Criminal Fires Must Stop

GlobalRec | Region Latin America | May 13, 2021

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...

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May Day: Investments in social and labour protections needed for economic recovery

GlobalRec | Region Global | Apr 29, 2021

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...

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Issue Series 1 Extended Producers Responsibility and Inclusion: Brazil’s Extended Producer Responsibility and its Interface with Waste Pickers

Sonia Dias | Region Asia | Apr 09, 2021

The recycling industry since its early beginning had always relied on the work carried out by informal recycling workers in Brazil, the “catadores de materiais recicláveis” (p...

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When the Minister read postcards written by waste pickers’ children

Aditya Vyas & Shrenik Mutha | Region Asia | Apr 02, 2021

Waste pickers and other informal sector waste workers make a living collecting, sorting, recycling, and selling materials that others throw away. They contribute to local economies...

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Seven Reasons Why Decentralized Waste Management is Best for Emerging Economies

Andrew Almack | Region Asia | Apr 02, 2021

The global waste crisis is rapidly growing. With waste generation estimated to increase to 3.4 billion tonnes by 2050, the effectiveness of systems that manage this waste has becom...

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Reflections on EPR-based Systems Targeting Multi-Layered Plastics

Lubna Anantakrishnan | Region Asia | Mar 29, 2021

Lubna Anantakrishnan The impending roll-out of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Framework seems, at face value, to be a positive step towards tackling the global plastic ...

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Waste pickers and workers in the informal waste industry: The Pillars of Extended Producers Responsibility

Nalini Shekar and Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Mar 24, 2021

Nalini Shekar and Kabir Arora A decade ago, the term ‘Extended Producer Responsibility’ (EPR) was either found in the textbooks of Environment Sciences or in the forgotten ...

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Recycling Without Waste Pickers is Garbage: 2021 Global Waste Picker Day

GlobalRec | Region Global | Mar 16, 2021

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...

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Women waste-pickers in Mussourie, a town in Himalayas, form a Self Help Group with the support of Hilldaari

Team Hilldaari Mar 08, 2021

A typical day of Rachna Devi, a 22-year-old waste picker in Mussoorie, a hill station in the Garhwal Himalayan range, begins with looking after her family of six, doing household c...

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