Region: Colombia

El Reciclador: Un Profesional del Siglo XXI

Presentado en la Conferencia de los recicladores en Bogotá, Colombia   Also available in English

Nohra Padilla Receives 2013 Goldman Environmental Award

Unfazed by powerful political opponents and a pervasive culture of violence, Nohra Padilla organized Colombia’s marginalized waste pickers...

Number 5: Steps Towards Compliance With Order 275 of 2011

In “Steps Towards Compliance with Order 275 of 2011”, the fifth video in the series Chronicles of a Fight for Inclusion, waste pickers recount...

Cities Alliance Exchange Report

In August 2016, WIEGO and its local ally, Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá (the Bogotá Waste Pickers Association or ARB), hosted a learning...

Reporte de síntesis y aprendizajes del intercambio de la Alianza de las Ciudades

En agosto de 2016, WIEGO junto a su aliado local, la Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá, organizó un intercambio de aprendizajes en Bogotá,...

Digital Communication Workshop for Waste Pickers

• March 15, 2018 - March 16, 2018

Bogota, ColombiaPhoto by: Juan Arredondo/ Getty Images RerportageOn March 15th and 16, 2018, the Digital Communication Workshop for Recyclers...

Workshop: New Public Service Standards for Waste Pickers

• May 14, 2015

Medellin, ColombiaWIEGO held a two-day workshop for waste picker organizations in Medellin and sourrounding municipalities. This workshop...

Planeta Verde: The Colombian Cooperative Revolutionizing Waste Picking

In celebration of International Cooperatives Day, we speak with Martha Elena Iglesias, a waste picker and the leader of Planeta Verde, a...

Les travailleurs et travailleuses de l’économie informelle font marcher les villes pour tous : Thaïlande, Inde et Colombie, 3 comptes rendus éclairants

Valeria Gelman et Jillian Du Pensez aux stands de nourriture délicieuse en Asie du Sud-Est, aux artistes de rue en Afrique, au conducteur...

Waste pickers in Medellín, Popayán, and Montería receive their first payment as recycling public service providers

Technical team and leaders of ARRECICLAR in Medellín. Photo: Arreciclar