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Big win for waste pickers in Paris, major lessons learned from the South: a global movement
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Gathering of waste pickers from Paris and New York
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Mobilizations Around the World for Global Waste Pickers Day 2019
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First Informal European meeting of waste pickers and second hands operators
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Amelior becomes member of REFER (Francilian Reuse Network) and other updates
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Amelior opens cooperative shop and more in Paris
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Le réemploi et le recyclage sont entre nos mains!
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Voices from the Ground in Turkey
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Waste pickers in Turkey – an Overview
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Will Waste Pickers in Turkey Join the Unemployed Army?
Informal waste pickers have been excluded from the Environmental Law in Turkey. The law emphasizes waste collection that is performed by licensed firms.
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The Biffins Inclusive and Sustainable Social Market
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Spring Social Market in the La Noue, Bagnolet
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Markets for biffins: a solution, not a problem!
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The biffins, in solidarity at the World Meeting of Popular Movements
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Long live the biffins of Paris!
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The Biffins of Paris will march for their right to work on April 9!
Ladies and gentlemen the elected municipal officials, you must stop suppressing waste picking and trading, talking about doing so or obsessing over it! Rather, create new market areas as biffins, everywhere, are waiting and expecting a policy worthy of the name, which recognizes the value of the junk trade and provides the space it deserves. Let us speed up the junk business! All to the junk market!
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New association in Paris, Amelior
The profession of biffins (“waste picker” in french) has been recognized since 1240, and the right to recover materials since 1670. The biffins are skilled in collecting, repairing and upgrading objects and devices, with ancient expertise in sorting and selling.