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Violent Assault of Waste Pickers Near Genesis Landfill, Johannesburg

GlobalRec | Region Africa | Jul 07, 2018

On June 20th, at least 70 reclaimers (waste pickers) were violently attacked in a raid by the Red Ants, a private security company specialising in evictions. The attack took place ...

Denunciations

Condemnation of the brutal killing of a waste picker in Rajkot (India), demand for immediate action

carolina | Region Asia | May 28, 2018

This is the letter endorsed by members of the Alliance of Indian Waste-pickers condemning the killing of Mukesh Vaniya, a waste picker in Rajkot Rajkot, Gujarat (India). Dated: 25t...

Denunciations Press Releases

On Demonetization and Its Impact on Bangalore’s Waste pickers and Recyclers

Shreyas Sreenath | Region Asia | Dec 05, 2016

Important as are the standard measures of a community… its measure of value is by far the most important of them all. The measures of weight, extension, or volume enter only into...

Threats

Hazardous waste incinerator rubber stamped

GroundWork | Region Africa | Apr 17, 2016

In mid-November 2015, the KwaZulu-Natal Department for Economic Development, Tourism & Environmental Affairs (KZN DEDTEA) (Ugu District) granted an Environmental Authorisation ...

Incineration

An influx of waste-to-energy projects in South Africa

Musa Chamane, GroundWork campaigner | Region Africa | Apr 13, 2016

Due to various challenges experienced by the government regarding waste, incinerators have been pitched as a solution, when in fact they are a false solution. Waste companies, incl...

Incineration

Waste pickers at Cop21: Creating solutions for climate change

Pablo Rey | Region Global | Jan 28, 2016

Since 2009, waste pickers from around the world have participated in several United Nations Climate Change Conventions (UNFCCC). In those events they’ve raised their voices deman...

Climate Change Videos

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