PIMPEX and Sure We Can: visibility for NYC canners
Who are the canners The canners of NYC are autonomous workers who earn a living by collecting cans and bottles to be recycled. Through their selective collection activity they grea...
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
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The Biffins Inclusive and Sustainable Social Market
On Tuesday, August 4, 2015, in Ménilmontant, Paris, away from a crowd still in shock, a man dressed in the uniform of the national police sat on the sidewalk and, with his round f...
Women waste pickers gathered with other social movements to share common experiences
Women waste pickers and other social movements gathered in the city of Osasco, São Paulo, on September 25th and 26th for the first Statewide Meeting of Women Waste Pickers. The me...
A waste picker from Pune shared her struggle with Pope Francis
“Hum apna haq mangte, nahi kisi se bheek mangte”, said Rebecca Kedari Thomas, a KKPKP waste picker, proudly, at the “World Meeting of Popular Movements” held in the Vatican...
Brazilian Movement stands with Uruguayans against waste-to-energy plans
We waste pickers, organized nationally as part of the National Movement of Brazilian Waste Pickers (MNCR), and continentally, as part of the Latin American and Caribbean Network of...
Video: Brazilian waste pickers and French biffins share a common struggle
In this video taken at the Waste and Citizenship Festival in France, Roberto Prates Reis, National Movement of Waste Pickers (MNCR), talks about the reality of waste pickers (called “biffins”) in France, and compares them to similar struggles in Brazil.
Costan Rican waste pickers host their first conference
On September 14, Costa Rican waste pickers hosted their First Waste Pickers Conference, in the city of San Jose. More than 100 recicladores from around the country participated, according to the newspaper La Nación. Their stated objective is to dignify the livelihoods of the families that collect recyclables.