Latin America and the Caribbean
GAIA's network in Latin America and the Caribbean is comprised of more than 50 groups and individuals from 13 countries, including two national networks in Brazil and Argentina. Learn more.
In the Spotlight
ARGENTINA: Rosario votó por Basura Cero
El Concejo Municipal de la ciudad de Rosario, Provincia de Santa Fé, aprobó la ordenanza de Gestión Integral de Residuos Sólidos Urbanos basada en el concepto internacional de Basura Cero. La ordenanza prohíbe la incineración.
ACTION ALERT: Support a zero waste law for Rosario city
Taller Ecologista needs your help to achieve a zero waste law with a ban on incineration for Rosario City, Argentina.
Tracking Down the Menace in Mexico City Smog
A new report by scientists who are part of the international MILAGRO Campaign indicates that some of the most harmful air pollution in Mexico City may not come from motor vehicles but instead originates with industrial sources – and that the culprit may be garbage incineration.
Waste Not, Burn Not! Say Groups in Latin America and the Caribbean
We, representatives of the undersigning organizations, members of the Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance/Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), after celebrating our meeting to analyze, discuss and exchange information on the growing waste problem in Latin America and The Caribbean, in the city of Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, in August 22-24th, 2008, declare:
- Waste is the symptom of a problem: a predating and frenetic production and consumption system that devastates the environment and the communities as a result of overexploitation of natural goods, polluting production processes, overconsumption and polluting waste management and treatment practices. The other side of this system is social injustice, retrocession in terms of the acquired rights, increasing violence and poverty, fostering individualism and an unlimited and imposed development.
Zero Waste In Buenos Aires (Argentina)
by Nora Goldstein, BioCycle June 2008, Vol. 49, No. 6, p. 53
by Nora Goldstein, BioCycle June 2008, Vol. 49, No. 6, p. 53
IN LATE 2005, the City Council in Buenos Aires, Argentina unanimously passed a law, “Integral Management Of Solid Urban Waste,” a Zero Waste law.
Brazil Blocks Toxic Trade from Europe
GAIA members in Brazil helped to successfully defend the country's right to ban the import of used tires from Europe, winning a major challenge at the World Trade Organization.
