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

GlobalRec 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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Hasiru Dala invitation to Hasiru Habba 2016

Hasiru Dala invites you for the Hasiru Habba, 2016

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Jun 16, 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...

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An Evening of Celebration and Solidarities with Bicycle Dreaming

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | May 25, 2016

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...

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Waste Narratives in Bengaluru on 1st, 4th & 5th April, 2016

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Apr 03, 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...

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COP21: Paris – Through the Eyes of Mansoor, Our Friendly Neighbourhood Scrap Entrepreneur

Meghana Joshi | Region Asia | Dec 28, 2015

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...

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First Popular Training for Waste Pickers, Cart Drivers and Recyclers from Across Argentina

FACYR/CTEP | Region Latin America | Jun 11, 2015

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...

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Brazilian waste pickers join social movements at the World Social Forum in Tunisia

Alex Cardoso, MNCR | Region Latin America | May 19, 2015

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 – ...

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Alliance of Indian Waste Pickers’ National Workshop, 2015

Alliance of Indian Waste Pickers (AIW) | Region Asia | May 01, 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...

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Clean stations, green stations: a Swachh Bharat initiative

Chintan | Region Asia | Apr 23, 2015

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...

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The biffins, in solidarity at the World Meeting of Popular Movements

Asso Amelior | Region Europe | Feb 12, 2015

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...

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Waste picker speaks at Conference at IIM Ahmedabad

Chintan | Region Asia | Jan 20, 2015

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...

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Safai Sena holds its annual meeting

Chintan/Safai Sena | Region Asia | Jan 01, 2015

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...

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Canadian waste pickers recycled 150,000 containers!

Coop Les Valoristes | Region North America | Oct 17, 2014

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.

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