Global Waste picker’s Day, 2013
International Waste Pickers’ Day is celebrated on March 1 in memory of the massacre in Colombia in which 11 workers were brutally killed at the Universidad Libre de Barranquill...
INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a union of waste picker organizations representing more than 460,000 workers across 34 countries
Supported by
Global Waste Pickers' Day
Dia Mundial dos Catador@s – Alex Cardoso, MNCR
Compas, catadoras e catadores e todos aqueles que dedicam suas vidas para a organizacão dos catadores do mundo. Compartilho com todos e todas esta mesma dor. De saber que a maiori...
Marlen Chacón from Costa Rica, Global Waste Pickers’ Day
The world is full of professionals, and given their importance, many countries have dedicated a day to recognize their respective work and allow their society to celebrate it as a ...
Global Waste Pickers’ Day Celebrated in Bhopal, India
India – March 1, 2012 SAMMAN, SVD Vidya Bhavan E-6, Arera Colony, Bhopal Bhopal based NGO the centre for ‘Social Animation of Marginalized, Migrants And Nomads’ called S...
SAWPA (South African Waste Pickers’ Association) in solidarity with waste pickers across the globe
The South African Waste Picker’s Association (SAWPA) is in solidarity with waste pickers across the globe. We would like to commemorate the day of remembrance of all waste pickers around the world who die on the streets or landfills. Those Men and Women who we witness everyday being brutalized, beaten to death, shot, run over by trucks while trying to earn a living through waste recycling.
Global Waste Pickers’ Day 2012: workers organize to recognize and formalize their profession
Global Waste Pickers’ Day is celebrated on March 1 in memory of the massacre in Colombia in which 11 workers were brutally killed. For the past 20 years since this tragic event, waste pickers/recyclers have continued fighting for recognition of their work.
The Inner-city Cardboard Recycling Project and Global Wastepicker’s Day
Meeting other informal recyclers from around the world during COP 17 and Global Recyclers’ Day shows me that we are being recognised world-wide and that our challenges are universal. It is also an incentive for me to continue working hard in this job.” Victoria Bubu
Greetings from Chile on Global Waste Pickers’ Day
That day of 2008, in the outskirts of Bogota, the joyful applause of the 600 participants from more than 34 countries fused with the sounds of the rain that fell to accompany this historic moment for all waste pickers. It was us, waste pickers, who defined that we deserved to celebrate a world day whereby all continents would come together for the blistered hands and broken-down backs caused by the work performed to recycle the materials that society discard.