Waste Picker News Feb 10 2013
(ENGLISH) INDIA. “Demand for registering waste pickers.” Times of India (February 10, 2013) by Prasad Kulkarni.Waste pickers from the city have made a demand that state government should register...
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(ENGLISH) NIGERIA. “The gold in wastes.” Business Day Online (February 17, 2013) by by Siaka Momoh. If you think those mucky men you see in your neighbourhood daily, rummaging your dustbin for items of...
View ArticleWaste Picker News Feb 24 2013
(ENGLISH) INDIA. “600 Pune waste pickers share their concerns.” DNA (February 22, 2013). Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP) organised a Kamgar Melava at Lokhande Sabhagriha in Pimpri on...
View ArticleGender & Waste Project: Empowerment of Women Waste Pickers in Latin America &...
Beginning in February 2012, the Gender & Waste Project—a partnership between WIEGO, NEPEM-UFMG, and RedLacre—started working to increase the economic and political empowerment of women waste...
View ArticleWaste Picker News March 17 2013
(ENGLISH) PHILIPPINES. “City board chides eco group for threat to sue.” Inquirer News (March 17,2013). They also questioned the city government’s closure of the Inayawan Sanitary Landfill, saying it...
View ArticleWaste Picker News April 7 2013
(ENGLISH) INDIA. “Blue collar, Inc.” Hindustan Times (April 7, 2013). Humaira Ansari. Parag Gupta, the US-returned management consultant behind Waste Ventures, ultimately aims to employ 1.5 million...
View ArticleWaste Picker News April 14 2013
(ENGLISH) NEPAL. “EU Ambassador distributes safety equipment to waste pickers.” The Himalayan Times (April 10, 2013). EU Ambassador to Nepal Dr. Alexander Spachis distributed safety equipment to a...
View ArticleWaste Picker News April 21 2013
(ENGLISH) INDIA. “SWaCH cites health issues, waste collection in a mess.” Pune Mirror (April 19, 2013) by Neha Taneja. On Tuesday, 50-year-old Shashi Reyna was left in the lurch, like many other...
View ArticleWaste Picker News April 28 2013
(ENGLISH) INDIA. “Chintan celebrated earth day.” Globalrec (April 25, 2013) by Imran Khan. Chintan celebrated Earth Day on April 22nd in partnership with the Indian Railways at the New Delhi Railway...
View ArticleWaste Picker News May 5 2013
(ENGLISH) COLOMBIA. “Waste Pickers in Colombia Earn Formal Recognition.” IPS News (May 05, 2013) by Constanza Vieira. Nora Padilla, one of the six winners of this year’s Goldman environmental prize,...
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