
Category: Landfills


REDLACRE builds a manifesto to guide action towards waste picker threats

Waste pickers from Bokk Diom work on their integration into waste management

Criminal Fires Must Stop

Waste pickers’ meeting to adress political turmoil in Nicaragua

Another massive fire in Mbeubeuss landfill in Dakar, show support!

Following an Agreement Between UCRUS and the Municipality of Montevideo

Rafey Eco-park recyclers claim immediate release of detainees

A massive fire in Mbeubeuss landfill (Senegal)

Open dumps and the environment: an intimate connection

Massive fire in waste pickers’ community: appeal for help

Another death at the Estrutural landfill, near the Brazilian capital

Recycling facility construction halted by intergovernmental disputes

“Trash Mountain”: Photos from Ghazipur landfill

South African waste pickers call on the government to build recycling facility

Waste pickers in the Dominican Republic attacked in protest

Why we are against extending the deadline of the national waste policy
Across Brazil, open dumps cause death and disease for waste pickers. To extend for another eight years the deadline to close open dumps will mean the continuation of this degrading situation, another eight years in which waste pickers will not have adequate workplaces and equipment.

Another waste picker dies and municipalities insist on keeping dumpsites open
On September 2nd, a waste picker died in a work-related accident at the Estrutural dumpsite in Brasília. Chico Moura, 57, who worked at the Estrutural dump for 25 years, was buried and then crushed by the machines that cover the waste at the dumpsite.

Four pilot projects in the works: an update from the South African Waste Pickers’ Association
SAWPA has been in negotiations with government at all levels about their recognition, particularly receiving recognition in some municipal areas that has since resulted in new projects on the ground. There are various projects in which SAWPA members are involved.

Msunduzi municipality puts job creation project on back-burner
Instead of supporting the local social economy, Msunduzi Municipality has signed an agreement with Wildlands Conservation Trust to take all recyclable waste from Pietermaritzburg.