
inclusive models


A model materials recovery center is inaugurated in Baner, India

Brazilian waste pickers say there is a scarcity of recyclable material

Mexico City recognizes the rights of informal waste pickers

South Africa progresses towards integrating waste pickers

PIMPEX and Sure We Can: visibility for NYC canners

I Belong Here: a Vancouver binner shares his struggle

Scenes from the heart of recycling: a series

“I Belong Here”: a video about the Binners’ Project

Open dumps and the environment: an intimate connection

Waste pickers are essential to successful, sustainable waste management

1071 wastepickers enrolled in Rashtriya Swasthya Beema Yojna

Pimpri-Chinchwad waste pickers win minimum wage battle

Towards a solid organization of waste pickers in Sierra Leone

Plastic Industry Invites, Then Throws Out Green NGO from meet

KKPKP waste pickers win a minimum wage, ID cards and life insurance

Vancouver’s Binner’s Project continues to expand after successful coffee cup revolution

South African waste pickers call on the government to build recycling facility

840 waste pickers contracted to recycle during the World Cup
The Movement of Brazilian Waste Pickers (MNCR) showed once more the result of a national effort in the struggle for recognition with the official partipation of waste pickers in recycling service during the World Cup. Close to 840 waste pickers organized in cooperatives and networks were part of the recycling effort across 12 World Cup stadiums, as well as at official World Cup events.

Petition! Support informal recyclers and zero waste in Bogota
We invite concerned groups and individuals across the globe to support a petition by Bogota’s informal recyclers (waste pickers) urging Colombia’s Inspector-General, Alejandro Ordóñez, to reverse the decision to oust the democratically-elected Mayor of Bogotá, Gustavo Petro. The ruling against Mayor Petro was based on actions he took against private waste management companies in the process of implementing an inclusive Zero Waste Program in Bogota.