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An interview with Thulisiwe Khumalo, woman waste picker and leader

Vanessa Pillay, WIEGO ORP Consultant | Region Africa | Jul 02, 2015

Thulisiwe started working on a dumpsite five years ago for Wetland Recycling a company owned by a white man. However, in 2013 after three years of being subjected to irregular wage...

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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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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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Plastic Industry Invites, Then Throws Out Green NGO from meet

CHINTAN | Region Asia | Apr 13, 2015

Chintan was invited to a conference of The All India Plastics Manufacturers’ Association on 7th April at the India International Centre, on NGT case on PET and Plastic...

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KKPKP waste pickers win a minimum wage, ID cards and life insurance

KKPKP | Region Asia | Feb 14, 2015

The three hundred waste picker members of Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP) engaged by the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation have won a hard fought battle for Mini...

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Waste pickers in India demand freedom from unfair contracts

KKPKP | Region Asia | Feb 13, 2015

The PCMC has appointed 300 waste pickers for door to door collection of waste through labour supply contractors. As per law, it is mandatory to pay such workers minimum wages presc...

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President Dilma hears waste pickers’ demands at Expocatadores 2014

MNCR | Region Latin America | Jan 27, 2015

On the last day of Expocatadores, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff joined the waste pickers in their annual procession. At Expocatadores, she had listened to the demands of the n...

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