Threats – Page 3 – Global Alliance of Waste Pickers

Category: 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

COP21: Paris – Through the Eyes of Mansoor, Our Friendly Neighbourhood Scrap Entrepreneur

Meghana Joshi | Region Asia | Dec 28, 2015

Bonjour! is probably something you’d hear Mansoor, our friendly and free spirited dry waste collection entrepreneur, say the next time you meet him. Mansoor, who heads one of the...

Climate Change Events

Joint delegation of Indian Youth Climate Network & Alliance of Indian Waste pickers for COP21, Paris

Alliance of Indian Wastepickers | Region Asia | Oct 14, 2015

The Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) is a network uniting Indian youth and youth oriented organisations who are concerned about climate change & environment issues. IYCN wor...

Climate Change

Incineration of Waste will Throw Marginalized Communities like Yanadis out of Business

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Sep 19, 2015

Guntur known for its chillies is set to become an important city. Residual state of Andhra Pradesh, after creation of Telangana, has chosen its capital to be in the area between Gu...

Incineration

Energy Derived from Muncipal and Solid Waste is Not Renewable

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Sep 15, 2015

Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2014 introduced in the Parliament, last year, leaves more questions than answers. The bill was listed for discussion in Monsoon session. The logjam in...

Incineration

Recycling Should be a Part of Solid Waste Management NAMA

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Sep 11, 2015

The government of India is determined to deal with issues of waste mismanagement through development of a NAMA in solid waste management. However, proposals on the table focus on h...

Climate Change Incineration Laws and Legislation

Swach Bharat Abhiyaan & Smart Cities Mission Consider ‘Waste to Energy’ Smart Solution

Kabir Arora | Region Asia | Aug 05, 2015

Urban growth in India is going haywire. Infrastructure is crumbling; cities are choked with pollution and garbage. Majority of the urban populace has very little access to basic en...

Incineration Laws and Legislation

Massive fire in waste pickers’ community: appeal for help

Chintan | Region Asia | May 01, 2015

On April 26, 2015, there was a massive fire at the waste picker’s community at Panchsheel Colony, Bhopura in Ghaziabad at around 12:30am. Over 150 shanties have been gutted altho...

Landfills

Recycling facility construction halted by intergovernmental disputes

Musa Chamane (GroundWORK, Friends of the Earth) | Region Africa | Mar 19, 2015

After waiting for three years for the construction of a materials recycling facility (MRF) at the New England Road landfill site in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal approximately fi...

Landfills

“Trash Mountain”: Photos from Ghazipur landfill

Sebastian Castelier | Region Asia | Feb 13, 2015

“With no real system of waste collection, the dump sites have been extended beyond the municipal borders,” reads the introduction to a series of photos by Sebastian Cas...

Landfills

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

groundWORK/SAWPA | Region Africa | Dec 08, 2014

Approximately 500 waste recyclers or pickers will take to the streets of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, this week Thursday, December 11th, 2014, after three years of waiting for t...

Landfills

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