“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...
INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The International 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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Asia
“Wastepickers suffer as PCMC fails to segregate garbage at source” (Times of India)
PUNE: The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has failed to spread awareness and ensure segregation of garbage into wet and dry waste at source. As a result, garbage coll...
“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 ...
“Corporation’s plan to generate electricity from waste is unviable, say experts” (Times of India)
CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation’s plan to generate electricity from garbage has been slammed by environmentalists and waste management experts. In a bid to tackle the growin...
“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...
“Civic body tells SWaCH to stop collecting garbage” (Times of India)
PUNE: Following the breakdown of the garbage processing plant at the landfill site in Phursungi-Urali, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has instructed SWaCH (Solid Waste Collec...
Comunicado Urgente: Reciclador deprivado de un dia de trabajo por la Embajada
POR FAVOR LEA: Carta del grupo Chintan (traduzido por Google Translate) Queridos amigos y colaboradores de Chintan, Un diplomático de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos Embajada en Nueva...
For immediate release: Waste picker deprived of a day’s work by the Embassy of UAE
PLEASE READ: Letter from Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group Dear Friends and Supporters of Chintan, A UAE Embassy diplomat in Delhi forcibly impounded the cycle ricksh...
“New waste management plans endanger Indian ragpickers” (DW-World)
For the last five years, Manubhan, 18, and his brother Pramod, 16, have been up at the crack of dawn heading for houses and restaurants to collect recyclable items. They venture in...
Video – “While indecision reigned” (Down to Earth)
Do not support companies that burn waste, said the Global Alliance of Waste Pickers at a protest demonstration during the COP17 at Durban.
“Indian recyclers lose jobs to green economy” (Climate Change Media Partnership)
DURBAN – The big red bindi, the green glass bangles and the colorful sari notwithstanding, Suman More appears frail, tired and a little overwhelmed by all the hustle and bus...
Suman More: A Garbage Worker
Suman More, a member of SWaCH in Pune, India, was recently featured in the Star Maazha, the Marathi News Channel.
INDIA – Local waste pickers in UN meet – Sakaal Times
November 24, 2011 Making a positive stride to represent their marginalised community at the international level, two waste pickers from Maharashtra – Suman More from Pune a...
INDIA – The Indian Express: City wastepicker to attend climate change event in South Africa
November 22, 2011 Pune wastepicker Suman More will be heading to South Africa this weekend to participate in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), an inte...
New Plastics Law for India
India has introduced a new law on plastic waste. The new law incorporates Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for plastics waste management and mentions the inclusion of waste p...
KKPKP Documentary “Full Circle” now available online
View this movie at cultureunplugged.com Full Circle is a short documentary about KKPKP (trade union of waste pickers) and its work. The documentary follows the women of KKPKP, an...
Sushila Speaks
Sushila Sable has represented waste pickers at two international climate conferences – in Copenhagen in December 2009 and in Tianjin China in October 2010. In this post writt...