INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a union of waste picker organizations representing more than 460,000 workers across 34 countries
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Messages of support from Latin America to India
Message from Alex Cardoso, MNCR (Brazil) Greetings fellow waste pickers organized with AIKMM, it would be a great pleasure to be able to participate one more time with you and to d...
Recicladores de Bogotá: Mensaje de Silvio Ruiz Grisales, reciclador
apreciados y queridas el tema ha estado al dia en la agenda publica, favor leer y difundir saludos silvio ruiz grisales Reciclador Congreso cita a control político a Petro por rec...
News round-Up * Noticias de la semana * Notícias da semana (1 Nov)
ENGLISH “Focus on Waste Pickers.” Wash Plus Weekly (19 October 2012). This week’s issue contains reports, videos and blog posts that discuss the health, environmental and o...
Struggles and victories: waste pickers on the frontline. August-September 2012
Africa
Improving working conditions (South Africa – August 31, 2012)
Learning from each other (South Africa – September 2012)
India – AIW
Fighting Privatization in India (India – August 2012)
Fight for Pension Rights Continues (India – August 2012)
No Child in Trash Newsletter (India – 7 September 2012)
Latinamerica – REDLACRE
Social security for waste pickers (Brazil – 3 September 2012)
The Right to Work (Uruguay – 5 September 2012)
Waste pickers march, “Our Work is our Dignity” (Argentina – 18 September)
AIKMM’s First National Conference: December 10-11
10-11 December 2012 in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh Dear Friends and Supporters, Following the opening of the Indian economy in early 1990s, Indian cities have been going through monume...
Press Release: Waste Picker (50) Drowns in Msunduzi River
South Africa – 5 October 2012 For immediate release Hlanganani MaAfrika Waste Picker Cooperative South African Waste Pickers Association groundWork, Friends of the Earth So...
Global Alliance of Waste Pickers Newsletter. September, 2012
We are happy to share with you the second Global Alliance of Waste Picker’s newsletter. It covers a number of topics and activities in which the Global alliance has participated over the past several months.
The new communications secretariat for Red Lacre
Felipe Rosario has been a proud waste picker since 2008, when he followed both of his brothers’ footsteps into the profession. He was 18 years old. A native of Cuesta Blanca,...
Update from Latin America
2nd National Waste Pickers’ Conference of Venezuela Mérida, Venezuela May 17-18, 2012 Organized by the National Association of Waste Pickers of Venezuela and with the suppor...
MNCR: Summary of MNCR’s Collective Demands
Solid waste and social inclusion Create laws, fiscalize and comply with national laws that control solid waste treatment that guarantees the social inclusion of waste pickers. Elim...
Publications until September 2012
On the road to Zero Waste: waste pickers as main actors GAIA has recently launched the publication, “On The Road to Zero Waste: Successes and Lessons from around the World....
Upcoming events and past events
Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) Ongoing – July, August and September, 2012 The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), which interviews and gathers information fro...
Pune2012: Sharing experiences of integration and inclusion in municipal solid waste management systems
by Leslie Vryenhoek From April 27-29, waste pickers from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe participated in the First Global Strategic Workshop in Pune, India . This workshop w...
Update from Asia
This information was compiled from the Alliance of Indian Waste Pickers newsletters from May and August 2012: The Consultation of Urban Local Bodies on Integrating waste pickers i...