FACCYR

Mobilizations Around the World for Global Waste Pickers Day 2020

GlobalRec | Region Africa, Europe, Global, Latin America, North America | Feb 29, 2020

This March 1st, 2020, waste pickers are paying a new homage to the fellow recyclers who were murdered in Colombia 27 years ago. In their honor, this date became a global day in whi...

Rallies Solidarity

Over 2000 Urban Waste Pickers Join the Collective Market System in Buenos Aires

GlobalRec | Region Latin America | Oct 29, 2019

The collective market system was established some years ago. However, in March, over 2000 waste pickers from the ‘Amanecer de los Cartoneros’ Cooperative, in Buenos Aires, Arge...

Inclusive models

Recyclable Materials Travel 400 km by Train to Be Marketed in Buenos Aires

GlobalRec | Region Latin America | Oct 28, 2019

On July 29, the Cooperative of Urban Waste Pickers of Tandil, which is located in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, sent recyclable materials to the city of Buenos Aires for...

Inclusive models

Waste Pickers under Attack in Downtown Buenos Aires

GlobalRec | Region Latin America | Oct 27, 2019

In April, the Government of the City of Buenos Aires deployed garbage containers that excluded and stigmatized urban waste pickers. These are smart containers that can only be open...

Denunciations Latin America Newsletters

Argentina: FACCyR Implements an Inclusive Recycling System in the city of Zárate

FACCyR | Region Latin America | Jan 26, 2019

After several months of discussions among recyclers’ cooperatives of Zárate (Argentina), which take part of FACCyR – CTEP, they got the local deliberative Council to pass a bi...

Laws and Legislation

FACCyR Promotes a New Program to Care for Beaches with Inclusion

FACCyR | Region Latin America | Jan 25, 2019

In the coastal cities of Argentina, the female waste pickers who are Environmental Promoters will work together with recyclers to recover waste materials from beaches. This summer ...

Inclusive models

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