In Memoriam: Exequiel Estay Tapia
Today the wastepicker movement lost one of its strongest leaders, and certainly one of the most visible and well known recycler from Latinamerica, the Chilean Exequiel Estay Tapia....
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Picking through the Memories of Women Wastepickers of Bengaluru
Five women gather in a room in the office of Hasiru Dala to talk of the life spent wastepicking. Chinnapillai (70), Sharada (60) and Aniyamma (58) have been at it for 45 years, Lak...
Panchkula’s Wastepickers Left Dumpsite and Now Do Composting
Last year in July, I received a phone call from Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Panchkula (a town in the North Indian province of Haryana). As much as I like...
Mangaloreans Initiate Removal of Plastic Waste from Their Coastline
When we think of marine/ocean plastic pollution, we think of now-famous images by western photographers – the seahorse coiled around a cotton bud, the turtle with a straw stu...
The State of Waste-pickers Turned Sanitary Workers in 2nd Cleanest City of India: Irregular Salaries, No Occupational Safety Gear and No Medical Leave
The story of the second cleanest city in India-Bhopal and those who keep the city clean. The waste-pickers turned sanitary workers (Safai Karmacharis) in Bhopal are ill-paid, salar...
Waste Pickers’ voice heard at the UN- World Habitat Day in Mexico
On account of the World Habitat Day held by the United Nations last October 7th, 2019, Abel Balderas Ramirez was invited, on behalf of the waste pickers’ sector and the Global Al...
Big win for waste pickers in Paris, major lessons learned from the South: a global movement
AMELIOR, the Association of Waste Pickers in Paris, has just won a call for projects funded by Syctom, the largest European Union dedicated to the collection and treatment of ̶...
Gathering of waste pickers from Paris and New York
On September 26th, a workshop was held in New York. At the workshop, waste pickers from Sure We Can (SWC), and Samuel Le Coeur, delegate from Amelior, the association which holds b...
Over 2000 Urban Waste Pickers Join the Collective Market System in Buenos Aires
The collective market system was established some years ago. However, in March, over 2000 waste pickers from the ‘Amanecer de los Cartoneros’ Cooperative, in Buenos Aires, Arge...
Recyclable Materials Travel 400 km by Train to Be Marketed in Buenos Aires
On July 29, the Cooperative of Urban Waste Pickers of Tandil, which is located in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, sent recyclable materials to the city of Buenos Aires for...
Waste Pickers under Attack in Downtown Buenos Aires
In April, the Government of the City of Buenos Aires deployed garbage containers that excluded and stigmatized urban waste pickers. These are smart containers that can only be open...
Waste Pickers in Colombia Build a Second House for Waste Pickers
In August, waste pickers organized under Waste Pickers’ Association of Bogotá (ARB) started to build their second house made of plastic wood in Bogotá. This is a milestone, sin...
Charges Filed by the Municipality of Rionegro against ‘Planeta Verde’ are Dismissed
Last year, among the policies promoted by the municipality of Rionegro (Colombia) to favour the private sector and worsen the conditions of organized groups of waste pickers, espec...
Brazil: Huge Protest against Waste Incineration
On June 7, thousands of Brazilian waste pickers, who have been organized under the National Movement of Waste Pickers of Recyclable Materials in Brazil (MNCR) since 2001, marched t...
The Third Zero Waste Meeting Ecuador 2019 was Held in Quito
The Third Zero Waste Meeting Ecuador 2019 was held at Simon Bolivar Andean University, in Quito, Ecuador, on September 4 and 5. Among the meeting’s participants were scholars, lo...