Global exchange of waste pickers “Recycling in our hands” in Buenos Aires
From October 17 to 22, 2018, the global exchange of waste pickers’ organizations “Recycling in our hands” was held in the Popular Economy Workers’ Confedera...
GLOBAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers is a networking process supported by WIEGO, among thousands of waste picker organizations with groups in more than 28 countries covering mainly Latin America, Asia and Africa.
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Category: Events
RENAREC Celebrates 10 Years Organizing Grass-root Waste Pickers
Through a solemn session, a forum, an exhibition and cultural events about inclusive recycling, RENAREC celebrated its 10 years organizing grass-root waste pickers. There was an ac...
Hasiru Dala invites you for the Hasiru Habba, 2016
Hasiru Dala invites you for the Hasiru Habba, 2016 – an annual gathering of wastepickers and informal waste collectors from all over Bangalore and neighboring cities. More than a...
An Evening of Celebration and Solidarities with Bicycle Dreaming
Organized by Alliance of Indian Wastepickers in Collaboration with India Habitat Center Alliance of Indian Wastepickers is happy to invite you for ‘Waste Narratives’ being orga...
Waste Narratives in Bengaluru on 1st, 4th & 5th April, 2016
Hasiru Dala invites you for Waste Narratives being organized at Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Alternative Forum and Azim Premji University (Dates and Timing Mentioned Bel...
COP21: Paris – Through the Eyes of Mansoor, Our Friendly Neighbourhood Scrap Entrepreneur
Bonjour! is probably something you’d hear Mansoor, our friendly and free spirited dry waste collection entrepreneur, say the next time you meet him. Mansoor, who heads one of the...
Spring Social Market in the La Noue, Bagnolet
Amelior is pleased to invite you to the first Social Market this spring on Saturday, April 18, from 8 am to 6 pm at the La Noue in Bagnolet. In concert with the Guy Tofoletti Socia...
First Popular Training for Waste Pickers, Cart Drivers and Recyclers from Across Argentina
From January 23rd until February 1st, 2015, the Argentine Federation of Waste Pickers (FACyR – CTEP for its acronym in Spanish) conducted its First Popular Training for waste...
Report of the 2nd National Waste Pickers’ Meeting in Uruguay
On April 18th and 19th, and revolving around the struggle that UCRUS is currently moving forward in regard to the Classification Plants and the Trust Fund, the 2nd National Waste P...
Brazilian waste pickers join social movements at the World Social Forum in Tunisia
Despite terrorist attacks in Tunisia that killed 21 people days earlier, the World Social Forum was held in Tunisia for the second time in March. On the first day of the event – ...
Alliance of Indian Waste Pickers’ National Workshop, 2015
Background The Alliance of Indian Wastepickers (AIW) is a national network coalition of membership based organizations working on organizing informal waste workers for ensuring the...
Clean stations, green stations: a Swachh Bharat initiative
Chintan in partnership with the Indian Railways celebrated Earth Day on April 22nd, 2015 at the New Delhi Railway Station. The Divisional Railway Manager, Northern Railways and his...
Women waste pickers gather in Brazil, discuss how gender equality can strengthen the national movement
On March 27, the Brazilian waste pickers’ movement (MNCR) hosted in São Paulo a gathering to discuss gender issues and how women’s’ empowerment can strengthen the national m...
The biffins, in solidarity at the World Meeting of Popular Movements
On October 27th to 29th, 2014, on the initiative of the Pontifical Council and the Justice and Peace organization, the first World Meeting of Popular Movements was held in Rome and...
The waste pickers of Ecuador unite for their national assembly
On November 13-14, 2014, in Cuenca, Ecuador, the organized waste pickers (recicladores) of Ecuador gathered together. The assembly consisted of training workshops about leadership ...
“We are the faces of recycling”: the 5th Chilean Waste Pickers’ Conference
The Chilean waste pickers held our 5th national conference, carrying the motto: “We are the faces of recycling.” Performing this activity every day are more than 60,000...
Waste picker speaks at Conference at IIM Ahmedabad
Jayaprakash Chowdury, a wastepicker in Delhi and now Secretary of Safai Sena, an army of cleaners, was invited to be a keynote speaker at the ongoing ICCIG3- the Third Internationa...
Safai Sena holds its annual meeting
On December 27, 2014 Safai Sena held its annual meeting. Around 1100 waste recyclers from various waste recyclers’ communities were present. Safai Sena area leaders from each com...
Canadian waste pickers recycled 150,000 containers!
We thought of celebrating after recycling 120,000 containers but then we surpassed that last week! The success of the temporary recycling shed belonging to the Valoristes’ cooperative in Quebec confirms the need for permanent recycling sheds like the ones that exist across most of Canada.
Waste pickers and volunteers divert 177 tons of festival offerings from rivers
The significance of immersing the idol symbolizes the Lord taking our sorrows along with Him and returning again next year to protect us. But between this symbolism and merriment lies the bleak reality of ecological degradation that comes with immersing idols and Nirmalaya in our water bodies.