Two stories are inter twined: one in the South, the other in the North of the world. On the one hand emigrants engaged in a communal and cooperative experience with Cisv, a nongover nment or ganization which has been involved in projects of international solidarity for years. On the other Triciclo, an association in Turin carr ying out a pilot-experience as an eco-centre based on recycling and reuse. What they have in common is the importance given to waste and the new concept of it: not objects to get rid of, but resources which make you rich... at least spiritually.