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.
Institute of Contemporary Observation
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Website: ico-china.org/Primary information
- Year formed
- 2001
- Type of members
- Waste picker support organization
- Type of Organization
- Non governmental organization
- Organizational Reach
- National
- Women composition
Social networking sites
Benefits
Services
Complementary Information
- Information source
- Asia 2013
Comments / Narrative
Research, labor rights advocacy, social responsibility consultation, education and training, legal aid, community service, etc. Used to work with waste pickers in 2006 but had to stop due to lack of funding.