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Theme: Informal Economy
Occupational Group(s): Waste Pickers
India Wastepickers Demand Pre-Matric Scholarships for Their Wards The Times of India . (17 May 2013)
By Shinde, Swati.

Four hundred members of the Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP) have demanded inclusion of their children in the pre-matriculation scholarship for children of those engaged in unclean occupations.
India NAC Proposes New Model for Universal Health Coverage Live Mint . (10 May 2013)
By Krishnan, Vidya.

A National Advisory Council (NAC) working group has recommended a social healthcare enterprise model for the delivery of universal health coverage (UHC) in India.
Philippines Global Environment Facility launches new drive to ‘detox’ planet RTCC . (10 May 2013)

The GEF, World Bank and Environmental Management Bureau are working with six local governments in the Philippines to improve the management of open dumps.
India VC Backed Nepra Resources Management To Raise Funds Deal Curry . (10 May 2013)
By Gutka, Charmi.

Nepra Resources Management, a dry waste management company is planning to raise $9-10 Mn investment to fund its expansion plans, startupcentral.in states. Currently, the company works with 750-odd rag pickers in the city who deposit the waste at the company’s 35 collection centers. It has has partnerships about 60 government certified recyclers who pick up the sorted and processed waste.
India Waste Pickers Organisation Highlights Deficiencies The Times of India . (9 May 2013)
By Madaan, Neha.

Kagad Kach Patra Kashtkari Panchayat (KKPKP), a union of more than 7,000 wastepickers in Punehas said that much needs to be done to ensure that charitable hospitals provide free or subsidised medical treatment to the poor.
India Bangalore waste pickers establish radio station The Epoch Times . (9 May 2013)
By Upadhayaya, Venus.

A waste-picker community in Bangalore, India, has taken a step out of social alienation and voicelessness to produce a radio show. The aim is to empower and educate the waste-picking communities in slums across the country, and to assert the waste-picker's right to dignity in labor.
Brazil The Brazilian Ministry of the Environment discuss the obligations, goals and time limits for companies to ensure proper disposal of the waste generated after consumption by the packaging of its products Lexology . (6 May 2013)
By Brancher, Paulo Marcos Rodrigues.

Since late 2012, the Brazilian Ministry of Environment received proposals from the business sector on how they intend to comply with the National on Solid Waste (Law 12,305/2010) whereby manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers are obligated to reduce the environmental impact caused after the consumption of its products.
Colombia Waste Pickers in Colombia Earn Formal Recognition IPS News . (5 May 2013)
By Vieira, Constanza.

Nora Padilla, one of the six winners of this year’s Goldman environmental prize, dedicates her days to organising informal recyclers in the Colombian capital, where the city’s eight million inhabitants are just now reluctantly starting to classify their garbage at source. Waste pickers in Colombia have finally gained recognition from the state after a 10-year legal battle.
India Charitable Hospitals Flouting Norms, Alleges KKPKP Sakāl Times . (4 May 2013)

Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchyat (KKPKP), a union of over 7,000 waste pickers in the city, has claimed that a multitude of charitable hospitals are failing to comply with the Charitable Trust Hospital Scheme.
South África The South African government visits Brazil and Colombia to learn about participatory waste management Globalrec . (3 May 2013)

In April, officials from the South African Department of the Environment (chemical and waste management branches) were in Brazil to learn about inclusive solid waste management. They also stop in Colombia, where they met with ARB, whose court victory and long struggle has recently resulted in the the recyclers being included in the new WM program (of Bogota) and now are receiving payment as service providers. The learning exchange was facilitated by Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO).
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