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
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...
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 ...
Recyclers Tout Benefits of Their Trade at Cancún Summit
Excerpt from IPS article on waste pickers at COP 16 Recyclers Tout Benefits of Their Trade at Cancún Summit By Emilio Godoy Ezequiel Estay began collecting glass bottles in 1991 a...
La Alianza se encuentra con pepenadores en México
En el marco de las actividades que la Alianza Global de Recicladores y Aliados se encuentra realizando en la Conferencia de las Partes en Cancún, ayer 4 de diciembre hicimos un re...
Excerpt from “Respect for Recyclers” a GAIA publication
While municipally-run recycling systems are commonplace in industrialized countries, in the developing world, most recycling is done by wastepickers. Wastepickers are self-employed...
Excerpt from Giles Parkinson of the Business Spectator….
What do we want?! When do we want it?! The first demonstration was held inside the Moon Palace today, with a dozen or so waste collectors from South American countries, India and A...
Press Release: Wastepickers Offer a Solution to Climate Change Decry Waste-to-Energy and Privatisation
For Immediate Release 30 November 2010 Wastepickers Offer a Solution to Climate Change Decry Waste-to-Energy and Privatisation As the world’s environment ministers convene a UN m...
Wastepickers and Climate Change workshop in Chennai
GAIA and the Alliance of Indian Wastepickers held a two day workshop in the city of Chennai on the 29th and 30th of November on Climate and Waste. Wastepickers from 5 cities partic...
environmental agents
Waste pickers of the world and their allies are fighting to save our planet in Cancun. Working most often without public support these informal workers are responsible for high rat...
Silvio Ruiz Addresses SBSTA Subplenary in Cancun
The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers and Allies, through its representative Silvio Ruiz, a grassroots recycler from Colombia, spoke today at the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and ...
Vatsala Chandrakant Gaikwad to Present on Biogas Installations at Official Side Event
Vatsala Chandrakant Gaikwad, spokesperson of the waste picker organisation Stree Mukti Sangthan (Mumbay, India) and the Global Alliance of Waste Pickers and Allies will share her s...
Global Alliance of Waste Pickers and Allies in Cancun
The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers and Allies is attending the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, with a delegation of representa...
Waste Pickers at COP 16
The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers and Allies will head to Cancun Mexico this week as official participants at COP16. Some of the agenda items while in Cancun include: UNFCCC Pre...
Italian press takes note of the Waste Pickers and Climate Change Blog
Recent article from Italian newspaper references article on blog. La prensa de Italia (Green report) refiere al blog para su artículo. Le straccivendole indiane insegnano (per un ...
Waste Pickers Creative Communications Event
Waste pickers at the UNFCCC event in Tianjin, China drew attention to the impact of incineration on Waste picker’s livelihoods through a creative communications event in the ...
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...
Press Conference: Waste Picker Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation
Webcast of Press Conference at UNFCCC in Tianjin, China http://unfccc2.meta-fusion.com/kongresse/101004_AWG_China/templ/play.php?id_kongresssession=3101&theme=unfccc
PRESS RELEASE (inglés y español)
Contact: Neil Tangri: neil@no-burn.org, mobile: +86.13683060443 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASTEPICKERS FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE CDM DEMAND SUPPORT FOR RECYCLING, NOT INCINERATI...
Day 2 at the Booth in Tianjin, China
Indian delegation of waste pickers discussed the issues with a member of the Indian government delegation. Photos provided by Gigie Cruz La delegación de recicladores de la India ...