
Category: Laws and Legislation


Recycling in the Dominican Republic: Inclusion of waste pickers in waste management systems

Revised Solid Waste Management Rules Mandate Inclusion of Waste pickers in India!

A victory for the organized waste pickers of Ecuador

Waste pickers should be included in India’s proposed pension program

Envisioning Better Implementation of Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016

Inclusion of waste-pickers in proposed Solid Waste Management Rules

For an Inclusive Start up Policy
Recycling Should be a Part of Solid Waste Management NAMA
Swach Bharat Abhiyaan & Smart Cities Mission Consider ‘Waste to Energy’ Smart Solution

117 children of waste pickers receive government scholarships

Pimpri-Chinchwad waste pickers win minimum wage battle

New municipal waste laws continue to exclude waste workers

Initial Response of Informal Waste Workers to Waste Management Manual Draft
We are pleased that waste management—and in particular, the important roles that informal waste workers play in municipal solid waste management—is receiving needed attention from India’s central ministries. However, we are supremely disappointed in the process by which this manual has been drafted.

A waste picker from Argentina participates in the International Labor Conference

Trashing democracy in Bogotá: the real issue behind the mayoral crisis
As of 14 January, Gustavo Petro was still the mayor of Bogotá. But only for 10 days. What happens after that is anyone’s guess.

AIKMM: National Green Assembly on “Waste Legislation and Waste Pickers”: New MSW draft rules continue to exclude Waste Pickers
There is urgent need to assess the measures that the government has taken over the past decade to improve waste management in the country. Millions of dollars have been spent in large scale, centralised technochratic solutions with little impact or improvement in levels of recycling. The Draft MSW Rules, 2013, do nothing to reform the situation. Instead, they seek to continue with the status quo and only increase the already thriving presence of waste to energy plants across the country. Is this the answer to our waste management woes? A consultation of concerned stakeholders seeks to address this question.