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The article about Nohra Padilla produced by the Goldman Environmental Prize.

Nohra Padilla, informal recycler and leader, wins the Goldman Environmental Prize

April 15, 2013

Waste pickers sit-in in Pimpri Chinchwad fight for Minimum Wage

March 27, 2013

Nepal waste workers campaign for recognition and respect - newspaper clipping

Informal waste workers deserve respect and recognition! Waste pickers campaign in Nepal

March 27, 2013

Crónicas de una lucha por la inclusión Recicladores Bogotá

“Chronicle of a Fight for Inclusion: The December 2012 garbage crisis of Bogota” now with English subtitles

March 26, 2013

Image from Cronicas de Una Lucha Por Inclusion - Parte 2

Part 2: “Chronicles of a Fight for Inclusion: The December 2012 Garbage Crisis of Bogotá”

March 24, 2013

After going through security protocols, each received a PIN to claim their payment in any teller machine. Once they introduced their PIN in the teller machine, they received their payment. People burst into applause, jubilant shouts and even tears. “No more speeches! No more announcements!”—They shouted.

A time to celebrate! Dreams come true for the organized waste pickers of Bogotá

March 20, 2013

Many of them, still in shock, could not do anything other than repeat their thanks. However, the work that remains will be a challenge —the promise is to have all the 14,400 waste pickers in Bogota included into this system. The idea is also that in a few years waste pickers will be organized to provide collection and transportation services of recyclable materials, and that they will also receive (why not?) remuneration for the other environmental services they provide. Photo credit: Federico Parra.

“Miracle in Bogota”: Waste pickers in Colombia paid for the first time for their services

March 12, 2013

Leaders of RECRED, the nascent waste picker’s network in the DRC, held a meeting on March 1st in honor of Global Waste Pickers' Day. Photo credits: RECRED.

March 1st – Global Waste Pickers’ Day celebrated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

March 9, 2013

Les biffins selling their reclaimed materials at the Marche aux Puces (Street Market) in Paris.

New association in Paris, Amelior

February 26, 2013

photo of pig raising project in kenya

Raising pigs in Kenya: Dandora waste pickers have a pig project

February 14, 2013