“Providing better health services for waste workers” (Practical Action)
Nepal – 14 Feb 2012 – Large numbers of people in the developing world rely on other people’s waste to make a living. In the Kathmandu valley of Nepal nearly 15,000 pe...
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Category: Press Releases
Comunicado de Prensa: Ato Diga “Não a Incineração (Queima) do Lixo”
QUANDO: Hoje as 16:00 até terça, 13 Março as 18:00 ONDE: Câmara de Vereadores de Maringá, Maringá, Brazil População de Maringá! Por interesses econômicos, a Prefeitura d...
Appeal for Support: More than 500 slum huts gutted near Ghazipur fire (photos included)
India – 31 Jan 2012 – There was a huge fire yesterday (31st January) at Ghazipur Dairy Farm, near landfill (Delhi-UP border) at 3:00 am early morning. More than 500 sl...
Press Release: Nicaragua will host a Summit for Recyclers that includes 21 countries in South America
In February, 200 leaders will meet in the Recyclers First Central American Meeting with the objective of defining what political steps to take this year. Between the 20th and 25th...
Comunicado: Nicaragua será sede de Cumbre de Recicladores y Recicladoras que reunirá a 21 países del continente
Nicaragua será sede de Cumbre de Recicladores y Recicladoras que reunirá a 21 países del continente Febrero será el mes donde más de 200 dirigentes se reunirán en el Primer E...
“Catadores se preparam para a implantação da coleta seletiva” (Prefeitura de Montes Claros)
Brasil – 20 Jan 2012 Membros da Associação dos Catadores e Catadoras de Materiais recicláveis de Montes Claros e da Associação Reciclaros participaram nesta quinta-feira...
Press release: Rally Against Delhi’s Okhla Waste to Energy Incinerator on Jan 15 (ToxicsWatch)
Delhi – Jan. 15, 2012 Rally Against Okhla Waste to Energy Incinerator on January 15, 2012 Time: 12.00 onwards Date: January 15, 2012 VENUE: Pocket A Sukhdev Vihar DDA Flats F...
Dilma atende reivindicação do MNCR e veta regulamentação da profissão
Notícias do Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis (MNCR): PL aprovado em 2010 excluía maior parte dos catadores A Presidenta Dilma Rousseff atendeu a reivi...
Press Release – The PSWM International Seminar on Inclusive Waste Management
Published by the Participatory Sustainable Waste Management Project: On December 14th and 15th 2011, the Participatory Sustainable Waste Management project (PSWM) has held a 2-day ...
A Huge Victory for Waste Pickers in Colombia
Hello Waste Pickers and Allies, A significant victory has finally arrived for the waste pickers of Colombia — and right in time for the holidays and New Year. For the past 11...
Comunicado Urgente: Reciclador deprivado de un dia de trabajo por la Embajada
POR FAVOR LEA: Carta del grupo Chintan (traduzido por Google Translate) Queridos amigos y colaboradores de Chintan, Un diplomático de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos Embajada en Nueva...
For immediate release: Waste picker deprived of a day’s work by the Embassy of UAE
PLEASE READ: Letter from Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group Dear Friends and Supporters of Chintan, A UAE Embassy diplomat in Delhi forcibly impounded the cycle ricksh...
Press Release: Waste Pickers Tout Only Green Solution to Municipal Waste, Decry Dirty Energy (English, Spanish, Portuguese)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Durban, December 5, 2011 – Waste pickers attending COP17 today called for a Green Climate Fund with direct community access and an end to CDM “waste-to-...
Media Alert: Monday, Dec. 5 – Waste Pickers at COP17
ACTION: 10 am Gate B near media tents, ICC PRESS CONFERENCE: 12 pm Kosi Palm Room, Inkosi Albert Luthuli, ICC Waste pickers reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save raw materials ...
Press Release: Waste Pickers and Allies demand that the CDM Executive Board stop ducking its responsibilities (English and Spanish)
Durban, November 30, 2011 Representatives from the Global Alliance of Wastepickers and GAIA – the Global Alliance for Incineration Alternatives – intervened again during a ques...
This Thursday: Waste Pickers at the Frontline of Climate Change
Thursday, Dec. 1, 10 a.m.
Howard College, Shepstone 4, University of KwaZulu-Natal Waste Pickers reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save raw materials through recycling. They are a real human force to mitigate climate change and offer a necessary alternative to polluting, waste-to-energy technologies. Representatives from the Global Alliance of Waste Pickers will talk about their realities and views on the climate and waste policy situation, including a critical perspective on the CDM and the Green Climate Fund.
PRESS RELEASE – Waste Pickers and the anti-incineration movement speak up at COP17 (English and Spanish)
Wastepickers and the anti-incineration movement speak up at the CDM Executive Board meeting in Durban, South Africa Durban, 26th November 2011 Representatives from the Global Allia...
Global Alliance of Waste Pickers and Allies to Attend 2nd Franco-Brazilian "Waste and Citizenship Week"
France Libertés in coordination with the local authority of Plaine Commune (northern suburb of Paris) will host the 2nd Franco-Brazilian “Waste and Citizenship Week” ...
GAIA Intervention at the 58th CDM Exective Board Meeting 26.11.10
The 58th CDM EB Meeting was held in Cancun from 23-26 November 2010. Being already there, it was a good chance to do an intervention and put forward some sharpened questions on GAI...
Wastepickers Demand a Global Fund and Speak Out Against Incineration / Recicladores exigen fondo global y alertan sobre financiamiento de incineradores.
Cancun – December 2, 2010 The Global Alliance of Wastepickers and Allies, through its representatives from Latin America, South Africa, and India, is in Cancun to speak out a...