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location: "Bogotá, Colombia"
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collections: ["Climate Action", "Co-Being"]
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# Sylvio Ruiz

Bogotá, Colombia

## About Sylvio Ruiz

In Bogotá, Sylvio Ruiz organises recycling cooperatives that improve the conditions and recognition of recicladores (informal waste collectors), giving them access to equipment, training and a formal role in the recycling economy.

## About this card

- Recommended by: [Simon Bernard](https://www.chngmkr.org/correspondents/simon-bernard.md)
- Collections: [Climate Action](https://www.chngmkr.org/directory/climate-action.md), [Co-Being](https://www.chngmkr.org/directory/co-being.md)
- Website: https://gaiarec.org/
- Page: https://www.chngmkr.org/sylvio-ruiz
- Français: https://www.chngmkr.org/fr/sylvio-ruiz
- Italiano: https://www.chngmkr.org/it/sylvio-ruiz
- Español: https://www.chngmkr.org/es/sylvio-ruiz
- 中文: https://www.chngmkr.org/zh/sylvio-ruiz

## Français

À Bogotá, Sylvio Ruiz organise des coopératives de recyclage qui améliorent les conditions et la reconnaissance des recicladores (collecteurs de déchets informels), en leur donnant accès à du matériel, à des formations et à une place officielle dans l'économie du recyclage.

## Italiano

A Bogotá, Sylvio Ruiz organizza cooperative di riciclo che migliorano le condizioni e il riconoscimento dei recicladores (raccoglitori informali di rifiuti), dando loro accesso ad attrezzature, formazione e un ruolo ufficiale nell'economia del riciclo.

## Español

En Bogotá, Sylvio Ruiz organiza cooperativas de reciclaje que mejoran las condiciones y el reconocimiento de los recicladores (recolectores informales de residuos), dándoles acceso a equipos, formación y un papel formal en la economía del reciclaje.

## 中文

在波哥大，Sylvio Ruiz 组织回收合作社，改善拾荒者（recicladores，非正规废品收集者）的处境与社会认可，让他们获得设备、培训，以及在回收经济中的正式角色。