Organizing – International Alliance of Waste Pickers

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May Day 2023 is a time to recognize waste pickers as workers and to fight for a fair and just society for all

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region Global | Apr 29, 2023

On this International Workers’ Day, we, the waste pickers – who collect and sort recyclable materials from the waste generated by households, businesses, and industries –...

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The transition of Kpone waste pickers into a cooperative: the journey so far

Owusu Boampong and Johnson Doe | Region Africa | Apr 04, 2023

On August 16, 2019 the Kpone engineered landfill (in Accra, Ghana) site was in flames and about 300 waste pickers had to be relocated to an abandoned dumpsite nearby. The workers...

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International Waste Pickers Day 2023

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region Global | Mar 01, 2023

Today we join the world in commemorating International Waste Pickers Day by marching with waste pickers from 19 countries in Dandora (Nairobi) Kenya. We fight, we commemorate and...

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South African, Kenyan and Uruguayan government delegates along with the delegation of the International Alliance of Waste Pickers. Picture Courtesy: John O. Chweya.

Kenya And South Africa Announce Just Transition Initiative For Waste-pickers & Other Workers In The Plastic Value Chain

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region Global | Dec 02, 2022

Just Transition Initiative builds on the Group of Friends of Waste-pickers launched a day before the INC began. “Kenya would like to take this opportune moment to inform the plen...

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‘Group of Friends of Waste Pickers’ is inaugurated during the INC-1 in Uruguay.

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region Global | Nov 29, 2022

Punta del Este, Uruguay – The Group of Friends of Waste Pickers was inaugurated today, during the first international negotiations committee (INC-1). The group, which will be a p...

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Why are waste pickers’ organizations uniting worldwide?

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region Global | Oct 28, 2022

Organizations of waste pickers from around the world have been fighting for decades for the recognition of their work, their occupation, and their rights. This Saturday, October 29...

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Constitution launching congress this Saturday Oct. 29th – Register!

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region Global | Oct 24, 2022

We have been fighting for many years for the recognition of our work, our profession and our rights. Now, with the strength of hundreds of waste pickers’ organizations in 26 ...

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We Speak Too webinar, by Sanitation Workers in Mumbai

Alliance of Indian Wastepickers | Region Asia | Sep 23, 2022

A multi-city series of curated seminars — ‘We speak too, by Sanitation Workers’, co-organised by Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) and the Alliance of Indian ...

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GlobalRec seeks meaningful participation of waste pickers in the first negotiations of Plastics Treaty in Uruguay

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region Global | Jul 15, 2022

The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers has submitted the position paper for the first intergovernmental negotiating committee meeting on plastic pollution. The submission recommends ...

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Delegation of Waste Pickers Attends the ad-hoc open-ended working group (OEWG) meeting held in Dakar, organized pursuant to United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) resolution 5/14

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region Global | Jun 27, 2022

Globalrec’s waste picker delegation participated in several reunions, side-events, press conferences and other projects from May 29 to Jun 1, reinforcing the importance of having a waste picker delegation attending global reunions like UNEA.

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Possibilities for a just transition of the informal waste sector (webinar)

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region Global | Apr 03, 2022

The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers participates in the webinar “Possibilities for a just transition of the informal waste sector” organized by UN-Habitat and the Norw...

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Recycling Without Waste Pickers is Garbage: 2022 Global Waste Picker Day

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region Global | Mar 11, 2022

This March 1st, 2022, 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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Waste pickers’ delegation attend UNEA for the first time and demand to be included in negotiations of the international treaty on plastics

WIEGO | Region Global | Feb 27, 2022

A new legally binding international treaty on plastic pollution will be discussed at the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA). Globalrec’s delegation of Waste picker re...

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Call for Recognition of Waste-pickers in International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastics Pollution

International Alliance of Waste Pickers | Region Global | Feb 22, 2022

This declaration was read by Soledad Mella, representative of the Global Alliance of Waste pickers and president of the Asociación Movimiento Nacional de Recicladores de Chile (AN...

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