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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
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Integration of Waste Pickers into Mandatory Extended Producer Responsibility Schemes – South Africa
JUST TRANSITION OF THE INFORMAL RECYCLING SECTORCASE STUDIES Integration of Waste Pickers into Mandatory Extended Producer Responsibility Schemes South Africa The informal recyclin...
Legal Recognition of Waste Pickers – Brazil
Waste pickers in Brazil, known as catadores, have been pushing for formal recognition and social protection over the last 20 years
Organising and Integrating the Informal Recycling Sector in the Solid Waste Management Sector – India
The informal waste recycling sector in India accounts for around 4 million people, including waste pickers, local kabadiwaalas (small scrap aggregators), larger aggregator/junkyard owners, and intermediate dealers, or other middlemen playing a significant role in the recovery and recycling of resources.
Joint Statement: World Circular Economy Forum 2025. A Call to Centre Inclusivity and Perspectives from the Global South.
Discover the joint statement from the World Circular Economy Forum 2025, a powerful call to action that puts inclusivity and Global South perspectives at the heart of the circular ...
IAWP, PPIM-IPI, and WALHI Stand in Solidarity with Workers Affected by Indonesian Government’s Decision to Close 343 Dumpsites
Jakarta, Indonesia – In a heart-wrenching statement, the Perkumpulan Pemulung Indonesia Mandiri – Ikatan Pemulung Indonesia (PPIM-IPI), representing over 600,000 waste pickers ...
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...
RedLacre at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
WIEGO and the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Waste Pickers (RedLacre) will denounce in the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the situation of the rights o...
MNCR leader Alex Cardoso launches his book: Do Lixo a Bixo
The waste picker Alex Cardoso promoted the launching of his book, together with other waste pickers connected to the National Movement of Waste Pickers (MNCR) in Brazil. “Do lixo...
Podcast on Reclaimers in South Africa
In this podcast published by New Frame they interview Kopano Mokoena, Thando Nkalaand Eva Mokoena, reclaimers of Johannesburg, South Africa. They also interview Federico Parra (WIE...
Video on global threats to waste pickers’ work
This video detects all the threats to the work of latent waste pickers around the world today. The threats are a constant in their work, but the video assumes that because the threats are global, the resistance and struggle against them must be equally global and in solidarity within the working class
International Live streaming: Waste Pickers Organization in the World
The National movement of Brazilian Waste Pickers (MNCR), together with the Global Alliance of Waste Pickers, will bring together waste pickers from around the world to discuss stra...
Waste Workers’ Safety during the COVID-19 pandemic (webinar)
The video of the webinar is available in YouTube. On Thursday April 30th, 2020, at 15:00h CEST the webinar Waste Workers’ safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, organized by UN...
Indonesian Waste-pickers in a Dire Situation due to the COVID-19 Lock-down
World over the countries have enforced lockdown to reduce the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. This has created a lot of problems for the waste-pickers and other informal waste collect...
Watch the feature film “Waste Picking Stories”
The feature film “Waste Picking Stories” (Catadores de História) directed by filmmaker Tania Quaresma was released on online platforms on December 13, 2018. It receive...
The Manual for Social Entitlements for Waste Pickers is out by Alliance of Indian Waste-pickers
Informal waste recyclers (waste pickers and informal waste collectors) constitute 1% of urban population in developing nations as per the World Bank. As an occupational group, wast...
An interview with Marleninha, Coordinator of ASMAC
Marlene Lourenço Perreira (Marleninha) Born in 1953 in Pescador, Brazil, Marlene comes from a big family: she has 10 siblings, 7 women and 3 men. All of them are alive – a b...
Lucilene Nogueira: the lifestory of a brave waste picker
Lucilene Lorentino Santos Nogueira Lucilene was born in 1969 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Her parents work in the old dumpsite of Nova Granada in the outskirts of the city. They woul...
Launching Voices of Waste Pickers radio show
Voices of waste pickers is a collaborative project, to amplify the voices of waste pickers across the globe. Co-produced by the community, the audio series gives you a glimpse into...