Resolution 10: Resolution on Fair Trade.

Understanding that the recycling market develops in a voracious context of several chains of unfair intermediation and uncertainty of international markets without price regulation, impacting national territories under the current system of capitalism.

Whereas, we, waste pickers, are the ones who recover waste every day with our hands, waste belongs to us, so we have the raw material to add value to waste by transforming it into finished by-products, adding value to the recycling chain through industrialization, and reducing the gaps of intermediation.

Therefore, it is resolved:

Ensure that fair prices and weights are promoted within the organizations, avoiding being oppressed by the intermediation that impoverishes the economy of waste pickers.
Promote fair labor schemes to add value to the direct sale of products or by-products, build new capacities and access better income for waste pickers, including them in the processes and benefits.

Proposed by ANR Colombia

Seconded by: Members of Executive Council in their 1st in-person meeting in September 2024

Type: Resolutions