Congress Day 5: Advocacy Day
We, waste pickers, are very diverse, but we also share so many similarities. Among them, unfortunately, there are the threats we face in our work, but also the ways that our organi...
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Congress Day 4: Field visits
On the fourth day of the Congress of the International Alliance of Waste Pickers, delegates as well as observers and guests of the event visited several waste picker cooperatives i...
Congress Day 3: Approval of resolutions and presentation at the CGT
Voting on amendments to the constitution and proposed resolutions On the third day of the International Alliance of Waste Pickers Congress, amendments to the Alliance’s const...
Second day of Congress: IAWP conducts its first elections
Election of new authorities, greetings from sister and allied organizations, tribute to our history and report from the Acting General Secretary. On the second day of the Congress,...
First day of Congress: March for International Workers Day and opening plenary
Waste pickers from around the world demand recognition of their rights as workers Kicking off the international Congress of waste pickers, a massive march was organized through the...
Counting down to IAWP First Elective Congress 2024
We are thrilled to take this moment to invite you to countdown with us to a landmark moment for waste pickers from around the world, the IAWP 1st Elective Congress (2024).
International Waste Pickers Day 2024
Waste pickers from around the world gather on March 1st to commemorate International Waste Pickers Day, ahead of their formalizing as an international union. Waste pickers gather o...
Asia Pacific Waste Pickers Organise: Historic Meeting in Kathmandu Addresses Threats, Elects Leaders, and Prepares for Global Congress
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP) is hosting its first-ever coordination meeting with waste picker organizations from across the Asia Pacific region, to address th...
Chile Recyclers in State of Emerency
Donate now to help recyclers’ families whose livelihoods have been destroyed by the forest fires in the Valparaíso region. Ver versión en Español Serious forest fires have kil...
IAWP affiliates were part of Global Labour School
The IAWP joined a Global Labour University event in Paris with delegates from 28 countries discussing union history, worker organization, feminism, and environmental issues to promote global solidarity.
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers supports FACCyR on the General Strike Jan-24th
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers stands shoulder-to-shoulder with its affiliate FACCyR (Argentine Federation of Waste Pickers) and working class comrades in the historic...
Plastics Treaty advances on just transition, but faces critical challenges overall
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP) at INC 3 A delegation of 10 waste pickers from nine countries, across five continents (Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, North and La...
Uniting for Just Transition: IAWP Outlines Vision for a Plastic Treaty
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP) celebrated a year of the constitution of the IAWP and presented its vision for a Just Transition for Waste Pickers under the UN P...
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers addresses the plenary at INC-3 on Just Transition
Barbra Weber, delegate of the International Alliance of Waste Pickers and from Ground Score (USA), spoke at INC-3 in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 14th, 2023, to address the plenary:...
For a Just Transition under the Plastic Treaty. IAWP at INC-3 in Nairobi
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP) is participating in the upcoming Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) meeting to prepare a legal instrument to deal wi...
Comunicado de solidaridad con Palestina de la AIR
Mientras somos testigos de las tragedias que se desarrollan a nuestro alrededor, la Alianza Internacional de Recicladores expresa su apoyo inquebrantable a todas las personas que h...
IAWP’s Statement on Palestine Solidarity
As we bear witness to the unfolding tragedies around us, the International Alliance of Waste Pickers expresses its unwavering support for all individuals who have been subjected to...
Waste pickers feature in documentary about forming IAWP
International Alliance of Waste Pickers’s Acting General Secretary, Lucia Fernández has featured in an Insider Business documentary exploring the essential role waste pickers pl...
Waste Pickers, the Missing Piece in India’s EPR Puzzle
The Alliance of Indian Waste Pickers (AIW) has released new research into Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), and the impacts it has on Indian waste pickers. Haris Najib, the...
We advocate at the ILC that social justice must be at the heart of the Just Transition
In June, the 111th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) took place in Geneva, Switzerland. During the two-week session, delegates of the employers’ organizations,...