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...
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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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 in Brazil fight for their workplace
Workers of a waste pickers’ cooperative were violently evicted in Sao Paulo. Legal steps were taken by MNCR to allow workers recover their equipment and return to their workplace...
Waste pickers camp in Sao Paulo for the right to decent housing
After the death of a woman waste picker, the National Movement of Waste Pickers (MNCR) denounced the poor housing conditions suffering poor families. Hundreds of waste pickers’ f...
March for improvement of waste pickers working conditions in Buenos Aires
The Federation of Waste Pickers of Argentina (FACCYR) is working to highlight the neglect of the barrio La Tosquera and the families who live close to the open dump in San Pedro, P...
Talking Gender: Waste-pickers Children Open Discussions on Love, Marriage & Bullying
Gender Sensitization Workshop in Buguri Community Library Buguri (‘Spinning top’ in Kannada) is a community library for the children of the waste-pickers currently in 4 locatio...
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...
Alliance of Indian Waste pickers announces their 3 Month Fellowship
The Alliance of Indian Waste-pickers (AIW) secretariat and its members have been receiving requests from activists, concerned citizens and civil society organizations to mentor for...
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...
Mobilizations Around the World for Global Waste Pickers Day 2018
It is with great pleasure that we are sharing with all the recycling community and allies the differents campaigns and demonstrations taking place today march 1st, international wa...
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...
Rally Against Construction of 7 Waste Incineration Plants in Buenos Aires
In the face of a project to build 7 waste incineration plants in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, Argentina, thousands of cartoneros (waste pickers) from the FACyR – CTEP (...
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...
Waste pickers making Viva Bem Coop pretty
“Pimp Nossa Cooperativa” event took place in July 21th 2017 at the cooperative Cooper Viva Bem, São Paulo, Brazil. There, around 300 people participated, amongst them member...
Waste Pickers March against displacement in Tshwane (South Africa)
In response to failure of the City of Tshwane (Gauteng, South Africa) to respond to waste pickers demands such as support for their livelihoods, and failure to employ 261 waste pic...
Rallies for the rights of Waste Pickers in Colombia
This past Thursday, October 19th 2017, there were big rallies in various cities in Colombia for the protection of the rights of Waste pickers that are under threat. We’ve col...