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		<title>Indian waste workers fear loss of income from trash-to-electricity projects</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For five hours every day, Ranjit Kumar and his 10-year-old son rummage through a giant pile of rotting trash with their bare hands, filling bags with pieces of metal, plastic and glass to take by cart to the recyclers market nearby. But an incinerator under construction not far away may mean that he and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waste Pickers Won Rotary Club Vocational Excellece Award</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PUNE: We have changed over time and our conditions have improved but society refuses to change. People still view us with suspicion and there is little respect for us, said Saru Waghmare, committee member of Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat ( KKPKP) at the Rotary Club Vocational Excellence awards function at the SM Joshi hall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Day Strike by Domestic Workers in India</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Penn Thozhilalargal Sangam (PTS) is organising a one day strike on Friday morning (2nd October 2009) in Chennai, India, calling for fair wages, weekly paid day off and annual bonus. Announcement One Day Strike by Domestic Workers Friday, October 2, 2009 (10am-12noon) Human Chain Protest Gandhi Statue, Marina Beach, Chennai OUR DEMANDS • Fair wages [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CDM Waste Projects Undermine Poor And Increase Emissions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bonn, Germany: The Clean Development Mechanism’s waste projects undermine the livelihoods of poor people and increase greenhouse gas emissions, say a group of grassroots recyclers attending the United Nations climate change negotiations. “The CDM is funding incinerators and landfill gas projects that compete with recycling for recyclable materials,” said Silvio Ruiz, who represents the Colombia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Crisis Hit Informal Workers Seriously</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The economic downturn had caused a drop in demand for raw materials and packing materi¬als. Decreased demand for manufactured goods from developed countries led to a decline in exports from Asia, resulting in a decline in demand for recycled waste materials and a drop in the selling price of waste. Large numbers of waste pickers [...]]]></description>
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