Binners’ Project: An Origin Story — with Davin Boutang and Anna Godefroy

The Binners’ Project is a Vancouver-based initiative dedicated to advocating for waste-pickers in the city. Am Johal interviews Binners’ Project staff members Davin Boutang and Anna Godefroy about their beginnings and evolution as an organization. They discuss their Universal Carts Initiative, the Coffee Cup Revolution and how the project has grown in its capacity to create opportunities for binners, destigmatizing the work they do in diverting waste from landfills. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/6-davin-boutang-anna-godefroy.html Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/6-davin-boutang-anna-godefroy.html Read more about Binners’ Project on their website: https://www.binnersproject.org/ Bio: The Binners’ Project fosters social and economic inclusion, builds community resilience and stronger networks, and engages on sustainability issues. Through our programs, they empower binners as part of the circular economy — building a community from the bottom up. Cite this episode: Chicago Style Johal, Am. “Binners’ Project: an origin story — with Davin Boutang and Anna Godefroy” Below the Radar, SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, December 17, 2018. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/6-davin-boutang-anna-godefroy.html