INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a union of waste picker organizations representing more than 460,000 workers across 34 countries
Supported by
The organizations listed in this WAW database were the result of the effort to merge in one place multiple waste picker related organizations data bases in 2014. Visit the current list of affiliates to the International Alliance of Waste Pickers.
Association for Sustainable Development in Bangladesh (ASD)
Mangura, Bangladesh
Primary information
- Type of members
- Potential supporters
- Type of Organization
- Non governmental organization
- Organizational Reach
- National
- Objectives
- Food security social security, promote the rights of waste pickers, holistic sustainable/organic agriculture, organic farm waste management, rights dignity and welfare of workers, eduaction and training, achieve efficient, sustainable solid waste management in the city, awareness raising, Organizing at local and national level, develop and promote MBOs
- Education and training
- Literacy & school, Rights & duties, Waste management
- Women composition
Social networking sites
Benefits
Services
Complementary Information
- Information source
- Asia 2013
Comments / Narrative
ASD-Bangladesh also facilitates waste pickers and waste related people to linkup with the Municipal authorities for municipal solid waste management in an environmentaly friendly manner and want to work towards the integration of waste pickers in Solid Waste Management.