INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF WASTE PICKERS

The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a union of waste picker organizations representing more than 460,000 workers across 34 countries
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Affiliates

#Full name of organizationOrganizationsCountryRegionNumber of waste picker members
1Association des Récupérateurs du Congo-KinshasaARCKDemocratic Republic of the CongoAfrica455
2Association Malienne des Trieuses de Dechets sur les depots D’OrduresAMTDDOMaliAfrica2150
3Association pour la Propreté de OuagadougouUAPBurkina FasoAfrica843
4Bokk DiomBokk DiomSenegalAfrica1277
5Kpone Landfill Waste Pickers AssociationKLWPAGhanaAfrica700
6Association of Scraps and Waste PickersASWOLNigeriaAfrica3700
7Kenya National Waste Pickers Welfare AssociationKeNaWPWAKenyaAfrica46000
8South Africa Waste Pickers AssociationSAWPASouthAfricaAfrica4500
9African Reclaimers OrganisationAROSouthAfricaAfrica6000
10El tatweer el motagaded association for community developmentZahabaleenEgyptAfrica35
11Enterprise Generale D’Ingenering de GuineeEGIG BTGuineeAfrica824
12Federation Nationale des Syndecats de l’economie de Travailleurs (euses) de l’economie Informelle Du NigerFENASSEINNigerAfrica4800
13Bangladesh Waste Pickers Union (BWPU)BWPUBangladeshAsia-Pacific2286
14Samyukta Safai Jagaran (SASAJA)SASAJANepalAsia-Pacific1150
15Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari PanchayatKKPKPIndiaAsia-Pacific7569
16Marathwada Labour UnionMLUIndiaAsia-Pacific500
17Parisar Bhagini Vikas SanghaPBVSIndiaAsia-Pacific2150
18Parisar Sakhi Vikas SansthaPSVSIndiaAsia-Pacific517
19The Waste Pickers Mutually Aided Co- operative Thrift and Credit Society Limited, VijayawadaWPMACVIndiaAsia-Pacific32
20The Waste Pickers Mutually Aided Co-operative Thrift and Credit Society Limited, GunturWPMACGIndiaAsia-Pacific496
21Thyajya Shramikha SanghaTSSIndiaAsia-Pacific671
22Vasudha Kachra Vechak Seva Bhavi SansthaVKVSBSIndiaAsia-Pacific350
23All India Kachra Shramik MahasanghAIKSMIndiaAsia-Pacific14039
24Safai Sena Welfare FoundationSafai SenaIndiaAsia-Pacific15000
25Sarvodaya Sramik Mahila Cooperative SocietySSMCSIndiaAsia-Pacific2000
26İstanbul Geri Dönüşüm İşçileri DerneğiİSGDİDERTurkeyAsia-Pacific87
27Mintal Resource Collectors’s AssociationMiRCAPhilippinesAsia-Pacific25
28Perkumpulan Pemulung Indonsia MandiriPPIMIndonesiaAsia-Pacific211110
29Safai YoddaSafai YoddaNepalAsia-Pacific251
30Self Employed Women’s AssociationSEWAIndiaAsia-Pacific33861
31Associazione Rete Nazionale Operatori dell’UsatoRete ONUItaliaEurope4000
32Association des Marchés d’Economies Locales et Individuelles Organisés de la RécupérationAmeliorFranceEurope1200
33Asociación Nacional de RecicladoresANRColombiaLatinamerica12500
34Asociación Movimiento Nacional Recicladores de ChileANARCHChileLatinamerica2000
35Asociación Nacional de Recuperadores y Recicladores de El SalvadorANSONARESEl SalvadorLatinamerica130
36Federación de Cooperativas de Reciclado Limitada. Federación Argentina de Cartoneros, Carreros y RecicladoresFACCyRArgentinaLatinamerica19393
37Movimiento Nacional de Recicladores de la Republica DominicanaMNRDDominican RepublicLatinamerica3875
38União Nacional de Catadores e Catadoras de Materiais RecicláveisUnicatadoresBrasilLatinamerica50000
39Movimiento Nacional de Recicladores de HondurasMNRHHondurasLatinamerica93
40Unión de Trabajadores de Desechos Sólidos Industrializables “Lázaro Cárdenas del Río” del Estado de Guanajuato A.C.Lazaro CardenasMexicoLatinamerica60
41Federación Red Nacional de Recicladores del EcuadorRENARECEcuadorLatinamerica1500
42Movimiento Nacional de Recicladores de PanamáMNRPPanamaLatinamerica1200
43Unión de Clasificadores de Residuos Urbanos SólidosUCRUS- PIT CNTUruguayLatinamerica2830
44Federación Nacional de Recicladores del PerúFENAREPPeruLatinamerica175
45Frente Nacional de Recicladores Ambientalistas del PerúFRENARAPeruLatinamerica400
46Movimiento Nacional de Personas Recicladores de Base de Costa RicaMNPRBCRCosta RicaLatinamerica52
47Alliance of Independent RecyclersAIRUSANorth America60
48Ground Score AssociationGSAUSANorth America51
49Les Valoristes, solidarity cooperativeLes ValoristesCanadaNorth America97
50Binner’s ProjectBinner’s ProjectCanadaNorth America428
51Balmiki SamajBalmiki SamajNepalAsia-Pacific97
52Labour at Informal EconomyLabour at Informal EconomyBangladeshAsia-Pacific542
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