“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 union of waste picker organizations representing more than 460,000 workers across 34 countries
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Category: Climate Change
“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...
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-...
Video and Slideshow – Waste Pickers March with Global Day of Action
December 3 – Durban, South Africa
The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers visits South African landfills (slideshow included)
By Manisha Desai, organizer with KKPKP/SWaCH There were collective gasps from the wastepickers present when they saw the amount of good recyclable waste being buried in the landfil...
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.
Carta de Marlen Chacon, desde COP17 (Spanish and English)
Hoy al ser la una de tarde aqui en Durban, atuvimos en la reunion de la junta directiva del MDL, y varios de nosotros tuvimos intervención, desde ayer estuvimos trabajando mucho en como plantear nuestras preguntas ya que ellos argumentan cualquier cosa con tal de no dar una respuesta que los delate sobre lo que quieren seguir haciendo, para ellos solo sus proyectos tienen valides y…
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...
Waste pickers! COP17 is important
Here we go again, the yearly United Nations (UN) climate summit is approaching in Durban at the end of the year, with its usual endless list of strange words that make us scratch our heads in confusion. Why do people make such important issues around climate change, waste and waste pickers so complicated when it comes to making agreements that respect grassroots communities and the environment? Did you know that the climate summit is in fact called COP? What does it mean and why is it important to us? Let’s try to get the basics right to make sure we don’t miss the chance to participate in this important opportunity for grassroots communities to shape the future of our planet.
Preparing for COP17 – Waste pickers get active
How do waste picking jobs link up with threatening climate change? Waste pickers from across South Africa will learn about, and discuss this issue in a three day workshop. Together with waste pickers from India, Latin America, Kenya and Senegal they will prepare for the Cop 17 … COP 17 begins on 28 November. While this conference is happening waste pickers will have their own meetings … December 3 is a global day of action. All members of civil society, including the trade unions and environmental organisations, will demonstrate the importance of protecting our planet against disaster. Waste pickers will come out in their numbers to state that they are mitigating the effects of climate change by recycling waste so governments should value them and give them good support and opportunities.
False solutions to climate change – CDM incineration and landfill gas systems
Incinerators take recyclable materials such as paper and plastic to burn them and produce electricity. Landfill gas systems bury vegetables and kitchen waste, mixed with other kinds of waste, to produce methane and then electricity as well. In this way, these technologies actively compete with the valuable contribution of waste pickers to prevent catastrophic climate change as well as with general recycling programmes. Waste pickers and other recyclers offer much greater greenhouse gas reductions, especially when combined with biological treatment methods.
lanacion.cl: Recicladores, fundamentales en la mitigación del cambio climático
lanacion.cl: Recicladores, fundamentales en la mitigación del cambio climático por Nancy Arancibia/Nación.cl Aportan el 60% del reciclaje nacional y la misma cifra a nivel mund...
New Plastics Law for India
India has introduced a new law on plastic waste. The new law incorporates Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for plastics waste management and mentions the inclusion of waste p...