“Trash Mountain”: Photos from Ghazipur landfill
“With no real system of waste collection, the dump sites have been extended beyond the municipal borders,” reads the introduction to a series of photos by Sebastian Cas...
INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
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AIKMM: National Green Assembly on “Waste Legislation and Waste Pickers”: New MSW draft rules continue to exclude Waste Pickers
There is urgent need to assess the measures that the government has taken over the past decade to improve waste management in the country. Millions of dollars have been spent in large scale, centralised technochratic solutions with little impact or improvement in levels of recycling. The Draft MSW Rules, 2013, do nothing to reform the situation. Instead, they seek to continue with the status quo and only increase the already thriving presence of waste to energy plants across the country. Is this the answer to our waste management woes? A consultation of concerned stakeholders seeks to address this question.
Safai Sena waste pickers protest exploitation by private contractors
On August 16, 2013, over 250 waste recyclers of Safai Sena held a protest in front of Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam office. Many of them marched over 12 kilometers despite heavy rains that day. The protest was organized to raise a collective voice against the illegal collection of money by private contractors and exploitation of waste recyclers in Kavi Nagar and Mohan Nagar zones.
Mazdoor Chetna Sabha: waste pickers celebrate May Day in New Delhi
In recognition of International Labour Day, or May Day, AIKMM and its associate organization NALR hosted a program to promote solidarity amongst the waste collectors in northeast Delhi.
Chintan Celebrated Earth Day at New Delhi Railway Station
Chintan celebrated Earth Day on April 22nd, in partnership with the Indian Railways at the New Delhi Railway Station. The Chintan team along with waste pickers with Safai Sena encouraged commuters to sign pledges to not litter the station and to crush plastic bottles before discarding them.
Women’s waste picker cooperative in New Delhi transforms recyclables into art
In March of this year, Kabad Se Jugad, a women’s cooperative that makes arts and crafts out of recyclable materials launched in the Seemapuri neighborhood of New Delhi. Before forming the cooperative, members survived by collecting waste from the surrounding neighborhoods. In partnership with New York-based artist, Rolando Politi, also known as Recycle and Pray, these waste pickers are transforming these materials into objects and art, “relying on inspiration and creativity (in Hindi: jugad) to guide our production process” and “bringing our talent of improvising from waste to the wider world.”
“Garbage pickers threatened by rubbish-fuelled power plants in India” (ABC Radio Australia)
India – 23 Jan 2012 In India, thousands of poor garbage pickers are having their livelihoods threatened by plans to build three rubbish-fuelled power plants in the capital. P...
“New waste management plans endanger Indian ragpickers” (DW-World)
For the last five years, Manubhan, 18, and his brother Pramod, 16, have been up at the crack of dawn heading for houses and restaurants to collect recyclable items. They venture in...