“Dumpster Diving: More Than Just Extra Cash” (FOX News)
United States – 10 Feb 2012 – For hundreds jobless in Sacramento, dumpster diving is their livelihood. Cans, bottles and cardboard isn’t trash; it’s a paycheck. “...
GLOBAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers is a networking process supported by WIEGO, among thousands of waste picker organizations with groups in more than 28 countries covering mainly Latin America, Asia and Africa.
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“Riverside enforces ‘recycle scavengers’” (Instant Riverside)
United States – 2 Feb 2012 – On February 2, members of Riverside’s North Neighborhood Policing Center announced a crackdown on recycle scavengers — those individual...
A letter from Senegalese waste pickers: 70 waste pickers lose their belongings in a landfill fire
The village of Gouy-Gui burned Thursday, January 19 and almost 70 waste pickers have lost their possessions. Our partners came to us and even the Minister of Public Health came to see the site of the fire.
Video: The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers – Global Day of Action for Climate Justice
On Dec. 3, the Global Alliance of Waste Pickers and Allies marched in the streets of Durban demanding climate justice. Enjoy the video! Global Alliance of Waste Pickers – Glo...
Slideshow: Global Alliance of Waste Pickers in Durban – COP17
The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers and Allies came together at COP17 to offer community-based solutions to climate change and stop climate finance being driven to dirty waste-to-...
“San Francisco’s rubbish – why everyone wants a share” (BBC News)
United States – 31 Jan 2012 – San Francisco has one of the best recycling rates in the US, with many companies and individuals making a living by combing the streets fo...
“Mexico City closes noxious landfill but fails to find alternative dump” (Chron)
Mexico – 22 Jan 2012 – MEXICO CITY – As one of the planet’s greatest crushes of humanity, the sprawling and chaotic Mexican capital hemorrhages garbage. Mex...
“A waste of an opportunity” (Business Standard)
India – 21 Jan 2012 – Here are two models for solid waste disposal in two major cities — Kolkata and Pune. Kolkata has a history of garbage lying on streets, with a b...
“Waste-to-energy units are flops” (The Hindu)
India – 21 Jan 2012 – Chennai Corporation must adopt a decentralised approach to manage the solid waste generated in the city instead of setting up facilities to produc...
“CUT pede emendas ao Projeto de Lei Geral da Copa para apoiar os vendedores ambulantes” (StreetNet Campaigns)
Brazil – 20 Jan 2012 WCCA Brasil – CUT pede emendas ao Projeto de Lei Geral da Copa para apoiar os vendedores ambulantes Com base numa revisão da Lei Geral da Copa feita j...
“50 empresas têm interesse por usina” (Rede Bom Dia)
Brazil – 18 Jan 2012 A empresa que construirá a usina de incineração de lixo de São Bernardo será conhecida em dois meses. A prefeitura pretende encerrar o prazo da lici...
“Carlos Enciso (intendente de Florida): actitud del Gobierno en materia de gestión de la basura provoca “importante expectativa” (El Espectador)
Uruguay – 16 Enero, 2012 Un grupo empresarial italiano ofreció al Gobierno uruguayo una inversión de 500 millones de dólares para encargarse de la gestión de los residuos...
“Empresa italiana ofrece invertir US$ 500: en la gestión de basura” (El Pais)
Uruguay – Una empresa público-privada de Brescia, Italia, ofreció al gobierno invertir US$ 500 millones para solucionar el problema de la gestión de los residuos. Cuatro i...
“Residents fume over trial run of incinerator” (The Hindu)
Despite sustained public protests and lawsuits against the Timarpur-Okhla waste-to-energy incinerator in Sukhdev Vihar, the beginning of trial runs this January 2 has invited the i...
“Mayor grapples with trash expenses” (Sun Star)
BAGUIO City Government officials are now studying the possibility of selling recyclable wastes collected in the barangays. This is to recoup increasing solid waste management and g...
‘El relleno sanitario Doña Juana tiene que desaparecer’ (El Espectador)
En tres meses, Guillermo Asprilla, el nuevo gerente de la Unidad Administrativa de Servicios Públicos (Uaesp), tendrá que presentar ante la Corte Constitucional el nuevo proyecto...
“Nuevo director de la UAESP asegura que por ahora no es necesario declarar urgencia manifiesta” (El Caracol)
Durante su posesión como director de la Unidad Administrativa Especial de Servicios Públicos, el ex concejal Guillermo Asprilla, aseguró que la entidad cuenta con las herramient...
“Waste-pickers face bleak future” (Deccan Herald)
Members of All India Kachra Shramik Mahasangh (AIKSM) said the government is privatising garbage collection, allowing private companies to make profit. “The government’s intent...
“Rags to World Bank: Gujarat women script new future” (Times of India)
AHMEDABAD: After rummaging through heaps of garbage in the morning, Kapila Rathod, a 24-year-old waste-picker from Gomtipur in Ahmedabad, does a nine-to-six job for World Bank. If ...
“Ragpickers oppose waste to energy plants” (Down to Earth)
With the fear of losing their means of living looming over them, waste pickers from across the country have opposed Delhi government’s plan to install three waste to energy plant...