The Coffee Cup Revolution starts in Vancouver
Every week, in Vancouver, Canada, 2.6 million coffee cups are sent to landfills instead of being recycled properly. On October 16, 2017 the Binners’ Project hosted its fourth ann...
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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Municipality of Leme is Forced to Regularize Selective Collection after Judicial Decision
As a result of mobilizations by the MNCR, the Anastacia Network and the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP-SP), a judicial decision ruled that the Municipality of Leme should a...
Rednica plans to organize 15 new cooperatives of grassroots recyclers in Nicaragua
The demand for actions to manage the large quantities of garbage produced by urban centers and the search for economic alternatives of families that have been for years dedicated t...
National Pride: The Valoristes Cooperative celebrates a social and ecological St. Jean Day
The Quebec National Holiday, St. Jean Baptiste Day (June 19th), is a time of festivities that comes with a lot of consumption outside the home. To address this ecological issue, an...
Amelior opens cooperative shop and more in Paris
On July 2nd, the Association of Individual and Organized Local Economic Recycling (AMELIOR) hosted the grand opening of its cooperative shop, “Parterre des biffinEs”. Featuring...
Swachh Mission: GVMC to Deploy Rag Pickers
Vishakhapatnam is the second city in Andhra Pradesh to issue occupational identity cards of wastepickers. Issuance of occupational identity cards is a long demand of Alliance of In...
2016 A Benchmark Year for Wastepickers in India
2016 has been quite a remarkable year and will be remembered as a benchmark period in the struggle of wastepickers for recognition. This year for the first time, updated solid and ...
Indore Municipal Corporation Issues Occupational Identity Cards to Wastepickers
Indore Municipal Corporation issued occupational identity cards to 25o wastepickers associated with Jan Vikas Society. The cards were distributed by Ms. Malini Gaur, Mayor of Indor...
Hasiru Dala turns 3!
Dear friends, colleagues & supporters It is our immense pleasure to inform you that Hasiru Dala, the foundations of which were laid together by wastepickers and informal...
Safai Karmachari Corporation Includes Waste Pickers as Target Group
National Safai Karmachari Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC) has decided to include wastepickers as target group for providing financing and self-development skills. Th...
Wastepickers Cooperative- SwaCH & Pune Municipal Corporation Awarded by PM Modi
“It is very good news for us and waste pickers across the country that our work is being recognized. However, these awards need to translate themselves in actual gains for wast...
Brazilian waste pickers participated in torch relay and provided services at the 2016 Olympics
Brazilian waste pickers affiliated with the National Movement of Waste Pickers in Brazil participated in the torch relay in this year’s Olympics. Waste picker leaders Custód...
A model materials recovery center is inaugurated in Baner, India
On 30th June 2016, in the august presence of the city’s stalwarts, Shree Kunal Kumar, Municipal Commissioner, PMC, Shree Suresh Jagtap, Joint Commissioner, PMC, Shree Chandere, c...
Celebrating 15 years of Brazil’s National Movement of Waste Pickers
What are the possibilities when it comes to transforming waste? How can a city respond to the dreams of social belonging of those who make a living from the leftovers of our voraci...
Mexico City recognizes the rights of informal waste pickers
On July 15th 2016, Mexico City’s Human Rights Commission (CDHDF) issued Recommendation 7/2016, named “Omissions in Mexico City’s urban solid waste collection, separation and ...
A Bangalore waste picker appeals for recognition at the UN
Indira, a waste picker from Bangalore, made a passionate plea to world governments for recognizing the contributions of waste pickers during an event organized on the sidelines of ...
30 years as a canner in New York
Eugene Gadsden has been a canner for nearly 30 years. Eugene wanted to earn his own living instead of depending on the soup kitchen. Thus, together with Sister Ana Martinez de Luco...
Calgary’s bottle pickers: working in their own way
You have likely seen them in the places where you live, work and shop, and heard the clanging of their shopping carts as they pass by. Their toil draws reactions that range from ki...
South Africa progresses towards integrating waste pickers
“Waste pickers are an integral part of the waste management system, and they help to divert recyclables away from landfills” – Minister Edna Molewa From the 31st to the 2nd o...
Waste narratives: Demand for recognition, inclusion and protection
Waste narratives: Demand for recognition, inclusion and protection (indiatimes.com) by Suraksha P. 06/02/2016 NEW DELHI: Alliance of Indian Wastepickers, a national network of 35 o...