Waste Pickers and Climate Change | COP 17, Climate Change Conference, Recycling Waste, Clean Development Mechanism, Waste Pickers

Waste Pickers and Climate Change Over fifteen million people worldwide earn a living through waste picking. Waste pickers recover and recycle waste, which saves natural resources and significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions. The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers and Allies brings waste pickers from Latin America, Asia and Africa together with support organizations and environmentalists to offer real solutions for climate change mitigation and waste management. Waste pickers’ solutions make economic sense, respect the environment and promote social inclusion! Follow us at UNFCCC COP17 in South Africa Blog: http://www.globalrec.org/blog/ Twitter: @InclusiveCities and @global_rec
Events Nov. 28 – Dec. 9, 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre (ICC) Durban, South Africa	Waste Picker Activities in Durban, South Africa groundWork’s Dirty Energy Week November 22-25 Blue Waters Hotel People’s Space Event: "Zero Waste for Zero Warming: Wastepickers at the frontline of climate change". Thursday, December 1 (time and space to be confirmed) Wastepickers reduce GHG emissions and save raw materials through recycling: they are a real human force to mitigate climate change and offer a necessary alternative to polluting waste-to-energy technologies. Representatives from the Global Alliance of Wastepickers will talk about their realities and views on the climate and waste policy situation, including a critical perspective on the CDM and the Green Climate Fund. Global Day of Action December 3 Booth at COP17 Venue December 3 – December 9 Kosi Palm Room, Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre (ICC) Press Conference December 5 12:00pm Kosi Palm Room, Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre (ICC)
Global Alliance of Wastepickers Learn more about the Global Alliance of Waste Pickers Website: www.globalrec.org Twitter: @global_rec Facebook: GlobalRec	Feature Publications Respect for Recyclers: Protecting the Climate through Zero Waste by Neil Tangri Reducing, reusing, and recycling municipal waste is one of the easiest and most effective means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It also provides gainful employment to millions of people in the developing world, mostly in the informal sector (“wastepickers”). Download the pdf: Respect for Recyclers (1.4 MB) Cooling Agents Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation by the Informal Recycling Sector in India Almost 1% of the population in cities of the developing world is made up of recyclers, mostly informal and largely poor. Most of them are scarcely acknowledged legally. If, as common sense suggests, they save greenhouse gases by recycling, then it is unfair to ignore their mitigation work in cities. Download the pdf: Cooling Agents (407 kB)
Durban Statement Click here for the Climate Change Fact Sheet and Delegates Statement.