NASWON joins NATCO conference
Members of NASWON gathered in Oshodi, Lagos, Nigeria, to participate in this year’s NATCO (Nigerian Artisans and Technician Conference 2021) It was a great day on Tuesday Dec...
INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a union of waste picker organizations representing more than 460,000 workers across 34 countries
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Waste pickers demand expansion of the Bottle Bill in NYC
Informal recyclers and their allies gather outside New York City Hall to demand expansion of the state’s Bottle Bill. Josefa Marin, supported by the Canner Advocacy Task Forc...
Binners’ Project offers a new service: Waste Audits
Throughout the pandemic, Binners’ Project (Vancouver, Canada) has continued offering waste sorting services to building, residences, and events which provide stable and reliable ...
National mobilization seeks priority in vaccination for Catadores
In Brazil, a joint action of the National Movement of Waste Pickers in Brazil (MNCR) and the legal arms Ancat and Unicatadores have articulated the advancement of COVID-19 vaccinat...
Global Alliance of Waste Pickers highlights of 2021
The Global Alliance of Waste Picker highlights of 2021 are the following: Globalrec establishes a working group dedicated to understanding and developing resources for the role of ...
FACCyR presented at ILO
FACCyR was present at the International Labor Conference organized by ILO. Our colleague and general secretary of the Federación Argentina de Cartoneros, Carreros y Recicladores, ...
African Reclaimers Organisation (ARO) Wins WWF’s Living Planet Award
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has named Johannesburg-based non-profit organisation African Reclaimers Organisation (ARO) and acclaimed South African scientist Professor Bob Scho...
Jacquelina Flores Addresses the ILC Recurrent Discussion on Social Security Committee
For the first time in its history, the 109th International Labour Conference (ILC) is being held virtually due to restrictions and changes imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The it...
Victory for Reclaimers and Residents in Johannesburg!
The City of Johannesburg has just announced the withdrawal of the R50 recycling fee following the African Reclaimers Organization petition which had over 3600 signatures and demand...
May Day: Investments in social and labour protections needed for economic recovery
Organizations representing over 2.1 million informal workers from around the world call on governments to accelerate investments in worker protections as a central component of eco...
Issue Series 1 Extended Producers Responsibility and Inclusion: Brazil’s Extended Producer Responsibility and its Interface with Waste Pickers
The recycling industry since its early beginning had always relied on the work carried out by informal recycling workers in Brazil, the “catadores de materiais recicláveis” (p...
When the Minister read postcards written by waste pickers’ children
Waste pickers and other informal sector waste workers make a living collecting, sorting, recycling, and selling materials that others throw away. They contribute to local economies...
Seven Reasons Why Decentralized Waste Management is Best for Emerging Economies
The global waste crisis is rapidly growing. With waste generation estimated to increase to 3.4 billion tonnes by 2050, the effectiveness of systems that manage this waste has becom...
Reflections on EPR-based Systems Targeting Multi-Layered Plastics
Lubna Anantakrishnan The impending roll-out of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Framework seems, at face value, to be a positive step towards tackling the global plastic ...
Waste pickers and workers in the informal waste industry: The Pillars of Extended Producers Responsibility
Nalini Shekar and Kabir Arora A decade ago, the term ‘Extended Producer Responsibility’ (EPR) was either found in the textbooks of Environment Sciences or in the forgotten ...
Recycling Without Waste Pickers is Garbage: 2021 Global Waste Picker Day
This March 1st, 2021, 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...
Women waste-pickers in Mussourie, a town in Himalayas, form a Self Help Group with the support of Hilldaari
A typical day of Rachna Devi, a 22-year-old waste picker in Mussoorie, a hill station in the Garhwal Himalayan range, begins with looking after her family of six, doing household c...
Kpone Landfill Waste Pickers Association (Ghana) for Global Waste Pickers Day 2021
COMMEMORATION OF INTERNATIONAL WASTE PICKERS DAY. 1st March 2021 On the occasion of the 29th commemoration of International Waste Picker’s Day, the Kpone Landfill Waste Pickers A...
A Call for Intervention and Support for Scrap and Waste Workers in Nigeria
The National Union of Scrap and Waste Workers of Nigeria (NUSWON); an affiliate of The Federation of Informal Workers’ Organizations of Nigeria (FIWON) is a platform that rep...
Extended Producers Responsibility Webinar with AIW
The Alliance of Indian Waste pickers (AIW) invites you to the National Consultation on Extended Producers Responsibility. in this webinar the panelists will include representatives of waste pickers and industry, who will be sharing their reflections on this document as well as providing recommendations and offering suggestions on the inclusion of waste-pickers and other informal waste collectors.