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“Waste Pickers Clean Up Our Mess on the Ground and in the Air” (allAfrica.com)

deia Dec 06, 2011

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...

Climate Change Press

Video – “Waste pickers can play a role in climate change mitigation” (IPS Inter Press Service)

deia Dec 06, 2011

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...

Climate Change Press

“Waste pickers’ big plans” (The Citizen)

deia Dec 06, 2011

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...

Climate Change Press

“El último gran contrato” (Semana)

deia | Region Latin America | Dec 03, 2011

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 ...

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“Recicladores presentan proyecto de ley a favor de su sector” (Agencia de Noticias Fides)

deia | Region Latin America | Nov 26, 2011

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 ...

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SOUTH AFRICA – Recycling in South Africa – Tzu Chi

deia Nov 25, 2011

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...

Press

INDIA – Local waste pickers in UN meet – Sakaal Times

deia | Region Asia | Nov 25, 2011

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...

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INDIA – The Indian Express: City wastepicker to attend climate change event in South Africa

deia | Region Asia | Nov 24, 2011

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...

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Two Recent New York Time Articles on Waste Pickers

Demetria Jan 25, 2011

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...

Press

The Tangled Web of Waste

Demetria Dec 14, 2010

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 ...

Climate Change Press

Sushila Speaks

Demetria | Region Asia | Dec 09, 2010

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...

Press

每日星球 | the daily planet — China Dialogue blogs China environment news – Waste-pickers and trash-burners

Demetria | Region Asia | Oct 07, 2010

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...

Climate Change Incineration Press

Exequiel Estay, MNRCH, en CNN

Demetria | Region Latin America | Oct 05, 2010

CNN – Recicladores se reúnen en su tercer encuentro nacional. Organización busca formalizar gremialmente a quienes trabajan con residuos, presentar nuevas propuestas para m...

Climate Change Press

O lixo no meio do redemoinho

Demetria | Region Latin America | Oct 01, 2010

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...

Incineration Press Privatization

Mohan Nanavare and Baby Mohite on TV in Pune

Rhonda Dec 18, 2009

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...

Climate Change Press

Excerpt of article by Andy Robinson (lavanguardia.es)

GlobalRec Dec 12, 2009

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, ...

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