“Down to Zero” (The Rainbow Inside)
DURBAN – Visit any dump site or landfill in the developing world and you will see people picking through the waste, alongside flocks of birds doing the same. Most of us who l...
INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a networking process supported by WIEGO, among thousands of waste picker organizations with groups in more than 32 countries covering mainly Latin America, Asia and Africa.
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“Cut out the middlemen, say waste pickers” (SOWETAN live)
DURBAN – Representatives of the organisation demonstrated yesterday outside Durban’s Inkosi Albert Luthuli convention centre where the COP17 climate talks are being he...
“Wastepickers given the cold shoulder outside ICC” (The Mercury)
DURBAN – An NGO which was prohibited from displaying placards that had not been pre-approved on the sidelines of the COP17 talks believe that their right to freedom of spee...
“Thousands March at U.N. Climate Summit in Durban to Demand Climate Justice” (Democracy Now!)
DURBAN – We are broadcasting this week from Durban, South Africa, where critical talks on fighting climate change have entered their second week. Key issues at the United Na...
“Waste Pickers Clean Up Our Mess on the Ground and in the Air” (allAfrica.com)
DURBAN — Still thinking about wretched scavengers surviving on the tips? Can that thought. They have a name: waste pickers, and they exist in their millions in the world. They ar...
Video – “Waste pickers can play a role in climate change mitigation” (IPS Inter Press Service)
A slideshow of the waste pickers of the Global Alliance as they engage in activities at COP17 to fight against the Clean Development Mechanism and for a fair Green Climate Fund. Wa...
“Waste pickers’ big plans” (The Citizen)
DURBAN – Waste pickers would make more money if the “middle men” were cut out, a waste pickers organisation said on Monday. Representatives of the Global Alliance...
“El último gran contrato” (Semana)
BOGOTÁ – La alcaldesa de Bogotá, Clara López, amenazó con demandar a la Corte Constitucional si no falla pronto una tutela interpuesta por un grupo de recicladores de la ...
“Recicladores presentan proyecto de ley a favor de su sector” (Agencia de Noticias Fides)
La Paz, 24 Nov. (ANF).- La Red Nacional de Recicladores presentó ante la Asamblea Legislativa un proyecto de ley para que su sector sea reconocido por los diferentes Órganos del ...
SOUTH AFRICA – Recycling in South Africa – Tzu Chi
Flocks of birds were circling overhead when we visited one of the four largest landfills in Pretoria, the executive capital of South Africa. We watched as they made sudden occasion...
INDIA – Local waste pickers in UN meet – Sakaal Times
November 24, 2011 Making a positive stride to represent their marginalised community at the international level, two waste pickers from Maharashtra – Suman More from Pune a...
INDIA – The Indian Express: City wastepicker to attend climate change event in South Africa
November 22, 2011 Pune wastepicker Suman More will be heading to South Africa this weekend to participate in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), an inte...
Two Recent New York Time Articles on Waste Pickers
The New York Times has published two excellent articles recently on waste pickers and their contribution to the environment and society. Upon a Hill of Scraps: Surviving on Scaveng...
The Tangled Web of Waste
Published in ECO ISSUE NO 10 VOLUME CXXVII December 9th, 2010 Once again, the United Nations Environment Programme has done its homework in Cancun. The newly published study Waste ...
Sushila Speaks
Sushila Sable has represented waste pickers at two international climate conferences – in Copenhagen in December 2009 and in Tianjin China in October 2010. In this post writt...
每日星球 | the daily planet — China Dialogue blogs China environment news – Waste-pickers and trash-burners
每日星球 the daily planet — China Dialogue blogs China environment news – Waste-pickers and trash-burners Click on link to read more. Haz clic sobre el link para le...
Exequiel Estay, MNRCH, en CNN
CNN – Recicladores se reúnen en su tercer encuentro nacional. Organización busca formalizar gremialmente a quienes trabajan con residuos, presentar nuevas propuestas para m...
O lixo no meio do redemoinho
A recent article in O Tempo on the issues surrounding the implementation of Brazil’s new National Policy on Solid Waste features a quote from and an interview with WIEGO̵...
Mohan Nanavare and Baby Mohite on TV in Pune
I don’t speak the language but I love this clip! Baby Mohite and Mohan Nanavare speaking about why they went to Copenhagen. (Cameo appearance by Poornima Chikarmane.) www.you...
Excerpt of article by Andy Robinson (lavanguardia.es)
La Vanguardia, El ejemplo de Sushila y Nohra. The estimated 15 million waste pickers in poorer countries are “the unsung heroes of climate,” according to Neil Tangri, ...