Waste Management in the Industrial Township of Bengaluru
Every neighbourhood in Bengaluru (India) is trying its best to manage its own waste. They in their own way are setting precedents. Earlier, we read about HSR Layout and the adventu...
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Waste-pickers Demand Inclusion in Karnataka’s Waste Management By-laws
The draft by-laws put out by Directorate of Municipal Administration Karnataka has omitted discussion on waste-pickers. “We are the people in the city who have been doing this (w...
Waste-pickers Demand Inclusion in Social Welfare Measures, Access to Housing and Dignity
Memorandum submitted to Mr. U.T. Khader, Minister of Urban Development & Housing, Karnataka; Mr. R. Sampath Raj, Mayor of Bengaluru; Ms. Sowmya Reddy, Member of Legislat...
Round-Table Discussion on Inclusion of Waste Pickers in Solid Waste Management of Delhi
On March 21, 2018 took place a round-table to discuss the inclusion of waste pickers in Solid Waste Management of Delhi organized by the Alliance of Indian Wastepickers (AIW), ...
The Journey of Shillong’s Waste-pickers to become Compost Suppliers to Meghalaya State Governor’s Residence
In a long while, we sometimes come across change-makers in society from simple unassuming persons. This is a story of a few hitherto unknown persons who collected bits and pieces o...
Goa Setting New Benchmarks for Waste Management
Goa is a major tourist destination in India. Every year millions of tourists come down to the state. They eat, drink and party. All this generates waste. A substantial amount of wa...
Waste pickers from Medellín will receive their first payment for recycling
The current national legislation in Colombia, which assures the recognition and remuneration of waste pickers as public service providers, has enabled waste picker organizations in...
REDNICA Presents its Grassroots Development Model of Inclusive Recycling
The Network of Nicaraguan Entrepreneurs of Recycling (REDNICA) promotes inclusive recycling in Nicaragua. It is seen as a development alternative, because it enables grassroots was...
Amelior becomes member of REFER (Francilian Reuse Network) and other updates
Amelior (a Federation of independent waste pickers, second hand sellers and scrap dealers based in Paris, France) is always fighting hard for public recognition of our work and org...
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...
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...