Latin America

Waste pickers manage to suspend the law on waste incineration in Buenos Aires

FACCyR | Region Latin America | Jul 25, 2018

In May, Buenos Aires’ legislative body condemned a law which allowed incineration of waste in the city. FACCyR, working in conjunction with various waste picker cooperatives...

Incineration

Waste pickers’ meeting to adress political turmoil in Nicaragua

REDNICA | Region Latin America | Jul 24, 2018

In a context of widespread sociopolitical and economical turmoil, Nicaraguan waste pickers organize themselves to think on strategies to overcome the crisis. They have decided to c...

Landfills

Report of persecution and harassment of leader waste pickers in Colombia

ARB | Region Latin America | Jul 23, 2018

The Association of Waste pickers of Bogota (ARB) published this report (download PDF) describing the current condition experienced by trade union leaders in Colombia. This associat...

Denunciations

Mobilizations Around the World for Global Waste Pickers Day 2018

GlobalRec | Region Global, Latin America | Mar 01, 2018

It is with great pleasure that we are sharing with all the recycling community and allies the differents campaigns and demonstrations taking place today march 1st, international wa...

Demands Solidarity

Waste pickers from Medellín will receive their first payment for recycling

Arreciclar | Region Latin America | Dec 20, 2017

The current national legislation in Colombia, which assures the recognition and remuneration of waste pickers as public service providers, has enabled waste picker organizations in...

Inclusive models

Press Release in Support of Colombian Waste Pickers’ Rights

GlobalRec | Region Latin America | Dec 12, 2017

On August 27, 2017, different Colombian associations and waste picker groups – on behalf of the Colombian waste picker movement – published their stance in support of 60,00...

Privatization

REDNICA Presents its Grassroots Development Model of Inclusive Recycling

REDNICA | Region Latin America | Dec 11, 2017

The Network of Nicaraguan Entrepreneurs of Recycling (REDNICA) promotes inclusive recycling in Nicaragua. It is seen as a development alternative, because it enables grassroots was...

Inclusive models

Following an Agreement Between UCRUS and the Municipality of Montevideo

Juan Carlos Silva | Region Latin America | Dec 10, 2017

The Union of Urban Waste Pickers (UCRUS, for its Spanish acronym) is moving forward in meeting the requirements imposed by the government of Montevideo, Uruguay, to sign a y...

Landfills

Rally Against Construction of 7 Waste Incineration Plants in Buenos Aires

FACyR - CTEP | Region Latin America | Dec 08, 2017

In the face of a project to build 7 waste incineration plants in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, Argentina, thousands of cartoneros (waste pickers) from the FACyR – CTEP (...

Incineration Rallies

Waste pickers making Viva Bem Coop pretty

Felipe RT | Region Latin America | Nov 06, 2017

“Pimp Nossa Cooperativa” event took place in July 21th 2017 at the cooperative Cooper Viva Bem, São Paulo, Brazil. There, around 300 people participated, amongst them member...

Trainings

Rallies for the rights of Waste Pickers in Colombia

GlobalRec | Region Latin America | Oct 23, 2017

This past Thursday, October 19th 2017, there were big rallies in various cities in Colombia for the protection of the rights of Waste pickers that are under threat. We’ve col...

Rallies

Municipality of Leme is Forced to Regularize Selective Collection after Judicial Decision

MNCR | Region Latin America | Jul 29, 2017

As a result of mobilizations by the MNCR, the Anastacia Network and the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP-SP), a judicial decision ruled that the Municipality of Leme should a...

Inclusive models

MNCR National Struggle Day

MNCR | Region Latin America | Jul 28, 2017

It was on June 7, 2001 that three thousand people took to the streets of the Esplanada dos Ministérios in Brasilia to claim their rights as collectors of recyclable materials. It ...

Rallies

Tent of Cartoneros´ dignity in Rosario

FACyR | Region Latin America | Jul 22, 2017

The Federación Argentina de Cartoneros, Carreros y Recicladores – CTEP placed the Tent of Cartonero´s Dignity in Plaza 25 de Mayo in Rosario. The measure will last from Jun...

Demands

Rednica plans to organize 15 new cooperatives of grassroots recyclers in Nicaragua

Rednica | Region Latin America | Jul 21, 2017

The demand for actions to manage the large quantities of garbage produced by urban centers and the search for economic alternatives of families that have been for years dedicated t...

Inclusive models

Rafey Eco-park recyclers claim immediate release of detainees

Recicladores del Eco-parque Rafey | Region Latin America | Jul 11, 2017

Press release from the Rafey Eco-Park Recyclers Association in Dominican Republic Rafey Eco-park recyclers claim immediate release of detainees and opening dialogue with the Mayor ...

Landfills Privatization

An interview with Marleninha, Coordinator of ASMAC

Gilberto Chagas | Region Latin America | Apr 28, 2017

Marlene Lourenço Perreira (Marleninha) Born in 1953 in Pescador, Brazil, Marlene comes from a big family: she has 10 siblings, 7 women and 3 men. All of them are alive – a b...

Interviews

Lucilene Nogueira: the lifestory of a brave waste picker

Gilberto Chagas | Region Latin America | Apr 24, 2017

Lucilene Lorentino Santos Nogueira Lucilene was born in 1969 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Her parents work in the old dumpsite of Nova Granada in the outskirts of the city. They woul...

Interviews

The criminalization of street waste pickers in Brazil: a human rights crisis

Manuel Rosaldo | Region Latin America | Mar 28, 2017

When it comes to recycling policy, Porto Alegre is a city of firsts. In 1986, Porto Alegre became the first Brazilian city to legally recognize a waste picker organization. In 1990...

Denunciations

Rally in Bogota for the global waste pickers’ day

Federico Parra | Region Latin America | Mar 24, 2017

More than 4.000 recyclers marched today, March 1st, 2017, in Bogota led by the Association of Recyclers of Bogota (Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá) in commemoration of the ...

Rallies

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