“For Some in Mexico, Trash Is a Treasure Worth Defending” (New York Times)
Mexico – 16 Feb 2012 – Pablo Téllez Falcón has long ruled supreme over one of the world’s largest dumps at the edge of Mexico City. He was born in garbage, he likes...
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“Mumbai’s Recycling Slum” (CNN)
India – 15 Feb 2012 – In the heart of Mumbai’s largest slum, rag pickers are turning recycling waste into big business. Watch video
“Waste Pickers Help Clean Up Buenos Aires” (Institute for International Journalism)
Argentina – 15 Feb 2012 – The economic crisis that began in 2008 caused the unemployment rate of many countries around the world to skyrocket. Jobs have disappeared, an...
“Who Will Quench Their Thirst?” (Tehelka)
India – 14 Feb 2012 – AT THE crack of dawn, the view from atop the 22-metre tall garbage heap in Bhalswa is oddly beautiful. As the pungent smell of methane wafts throu...
“Achen, a treasure trove for rag-pickers” (The Kashmir Times)
India – 14 Feb 2012 – Srinagar: Even as the locals who live in the vicinity of the city’s largest garbage dump, Achen, have been demanding that it should be shifted f...
Más de USD 38 mil recibirá asociación de recicladores de botellas por primer pago del impuesto verde” (Andes)
Ecuador – 13 feb 2012 – La Asociación Vida Nueva, recolectores de plástico registradas para la devolución del impuesto redimible de USD 0,02, recibirá por este conc...
“Health insurance for unorganised sector too” (Indian Express)
India – 13 Feb 2012 – The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana is set for a big expansion, with the Prime Minister’s Office clearing extension of the health insurance schem...
“Waste Business” (Express India)
India – 12 Feb 2012 – An interest in waste management is shaping into a full-fledged business venture for three friends at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)....
“Destino de resíduos sólidos será debatido em Seminário no Recife” (Jornal do Commercio)
Brasil – 10 fev 2012 – A segunda edição do Seminário Internacional sobre Resíduos de Equipamentos Eletrônicos (SIREE), promovido pelo Porto Digital, começa na pr...
“Dumpster Diving: More Than Just Extra Cash” (FOX News)
United States – 10 Feb 2012 – For hundreds jobless in Sacramento, dumpster diving is their livelihood. Cans, bottles and cardboard isn’t trash; it’s a paycheck. “...
“Maria – Queen of Cardboard” (Green Times)
South Africa – 10 Feb 2011 – Her territory is a labyrinth of hidden refuse rooms bathed in charcoal light. Masterfully she flattens a mountain of discarded cardboard bo...
“Waste to Energy Plants in Delhi destroying Waste Picker Livelihoods and harming the environment” (Storify)
India – 9 Feb 2012 – Waste to Energy is the new craze in waste management in India. Fueled by the accessibility of carbon credit financing, these plants are not only en...
“Finding ‘Life, Death And Hope’ In A Mumbai Slum” (WBUR)
India – 8 Feb 2012 – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Katherine Boo spent more than three years in Mumbai’s Annawadi slum to do research for her new book, Behind...
“Prefeitura irá cadastrar catadores para o Projeto Verão” (Prefeitura de Aracaju)
Brasil – 7 fev 2012 – Será realizado nesta quarta-feira, dia 8, às 8h, na sede da Empresa Municipal de Serviços Urbanos (Emsurb), o cadastramento dos catadores de ma...
Video: “Reciclaje del Parque Metropolitano sería una farsa” (PubliMetro)
Chile – 7 feb 2012 – Carlos Quiroz, turista del Parque Metropolitano realizó una filmación en la que es posible ver un camión de basura en el que depositan el conten...
“Video Acusete muestra el fallido reciclaje del San Cristóbal” (El Dia)
Chile – 7 feb 2012 – Los primeros segundos del video captado por Carlos Quiroz muestran todos los esfuerzos del Parque Metropolitano por mantener un adecuado manejo de ...
“A Decent Life Is the Train That Hasn’t Hit You” (Slate)
India – 6 Feb 2012 – Katherine Boo, a Pulitzer-winning journalist and New Yorker staff writer, has many ways of illuminating the people she writes about. The most impor...
“Busca GDF promover el reciclaje de PET, aluminio y papel” (Terra Noticias)
Mexico – 6 feb 2012 – Ubicados en los módulos de Seguridad Pública que conforman la Red Ángel, los contenedores, de 2 metros de altura por uno de ancho, tendrán tre...
“‘Behind the Beautiful Forevers’ by Katherine Boo” (Boston Globe)
India – 5 Feb 2012 – I read Pulitzer-winner Katherine Boo’s book, “Behind the Beautiful Forevers,’’ first with discomfort, then moral outrage, and later with a ...