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Excerpt from Giles Parkinson of the Business Spectator....
What do we want?! When do we want it?!The first demonstration was held inside the Moon Palace today, with a dozen or so waste collectors from South American countries, India and Africa...
View ArticleExcerpt from "Respect for Recyclers" a GAIA publication
While municipally-run recycling systems are commonplace in industrialized countries, in the developing world, most recycling is done by wastepickers. Wastepickers are self-employed workers, mostly in...
View ArticleEn cada uno de nosotros esta la solución, en nuestras manos
Independientemente del lugar y el momento idioma religión o cultura, el estado social cultural o económico que tengan las personas vivimos bajo un mismo techo el cual estamos agujereando y en cada uno...
View ArticleWastepickers Demand a Global Fund and Speak Out Against Incineration /...
Cancun - December 2, 2010The Global Alliance of Wastepickers and Allies, through its representatives from Latin America, South Africa, and India, is in Cancun to speak out against Clean Development...
View ArticleSupport to the delegation in Cancun from Madalena Duarte
Sou Madalena Duarte cooperada da COOPERT e liderança do MNCR e da Rede Latina de Catadores. Hoje aqui no Brasil hoje os catadores estão passando por um grande desafio também que é a questão da...
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La Alianza se encuentra con pepenadores en México
En el marco de las actividades que la Alianza Global de Recicladores y Aliados se encuentra realizando en la Conferencia de las Partes en Cancún, ayer 4 de diciembre hicimos un recorrido por la comuna...
View ArticleRecyclers Tout Benefits of Their Trade at Cancún Summit
Excerpt from IPS article on waste pickers at COP 16Recyclers Tout Benefits of Their Trade at Cancún Summit By Emilio GodoyEzequiel Estay began collecting glass bottles in 1991 after losing his job with...
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life testimony - Madalena Duarte -Brazil
Last Friday I spoke with Madalena Duarte about her life and struggles and this is her message to the Cancun delegation:"I am a waste picker since the age of 7. At that time I was a street vendor - I...
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waste pickers send greetings from Brazil
Waste pickers from the MNCR send greetings from Belo Horizonte. Eliana, from ASMARE saw what is a blog from the first time by visiting the Waste Pickers and Climate Change. She said " it´s very cool to...
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Sushila Speaks
Sushila Sable has represented waste pickers at two international climate conferences - in Copenhagen in December 2009 and in Tianjin China in October 2010. In this post written by Maitreyi Shankar ,...
View ArticleThe Tangled Web of Waste
Published in ECO ISSUE NO 10 VOLUME CXXVII December 9th, 2010Once again, the United Nations Environment Programme has done its homework in Cancun. The newly published study Waste and Climate Change:...
View ArticleExpo Catadores 2010
Watch Expocatadores 2010, Live broadcastsDec. 21 - 23, 2010São Paulo, Brazil(Transmissão aovivo; Transmisión en vivo)
View ArticleGAIA Intervention at the 58th CDM Exective Board Meeting 26.11.10
The 58th CDM EB Meeting was held in Cancun from 23-26 November 2010. Being already there, it was a good chance to do an intervention and put forward some sharpened questions on GAIA's and CDM Watch's...
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KKPKP Documentary "Full Circle" now available online
View this movie at cultureunplugged.comFull Circle is a short documentary about KKPKP (trade union of waste pickers) and its work. The documentary follows the women of KKPKP, and recounts some of...
View ArticleExpocatador 2010 Highlights
Approximately 3,000 waste pickers attended Expocatador 2010. Participants included LAWPN (Latin American Waste Picker Network) representatives; Simon Mbata from South Africa; Brazilian president Dilma...
View ArticleTwo Recent New York Time Articles on Waste Pickers
The New York Times has published two excellent articles recently on waste pickers and their contribution to the environment and society.Upon a Hill of Scraps: Surviving on Scavenging in Iraq by John...
View ArticleNew Plastics Law for India
India has introduced a new law on plastic waste. The new law incorporates Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for plastics waste management and mentions the inclusion of waste pickers, a historic...
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Dia Mundial del Reciclador
Waste Pickers Across Latin America Unite with the Waste Pickers of Colombia to Recognize “Dia Mundial del Reciclador”Thousands of waste pickers across Latin America will demonstate today on “World...
View Articlelanacion.cl: Recicladores, fundamentales en la mitigación del cambio climático
lanacion.cl: Recicladores, fundamentales en la mitigación del cambio climáticopor Nancy Arancibia/Nación.clAportan el 60% del reciclaje nacional y la misma cifra a nivel mundial, pero no son...
View ArticleSerie PROhumana: Reciclaje y las 3 R
Video sobre el reciclaje con Exequiel Estay de MNRCh / Red Latinoamericana.
View ArticleGlobal Alliance of Waste Pickers and Allies to Attend 2nd Franco-Brazilian...
France Libertés in coordination with the local authority of Plaine Commune (northern suburb of Paris) will host the 2nd Franco-Brazilian "Waste and Citizenship Week" from May 24-26th, 2011. This...
View ArticleFollow us at globalrec.org/blog/
The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers now has a website and this blog has been incorporated into the site. Please visit the blog at http://www.globalrec.org/blog/
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