INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF WASTE PICKERS

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Cooperativa de Servicios de Reciclaje Patacόn

Ciudad de Panama, Panama

Primary information

Year formed
1999
Registered in
2007
Language
Español
Number of groups
1
Number of members
25
Type of members
Miembros son recicladores
Occupation of members
Recicladores
Type of Organization
Cooperativa
Organizational Reach
Local
Workplace of members
Vertedero de residuos
Objectives
Recycling, recognition of waste pickers, improve prices of reclycled materials
Women composition

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Benefits

Member benefits
Creación de empleo y fuente de ingresos

Services

Activities
Almacenamiento comunitario de materiales, Venta de materiales en la comunidad

Complementary Information

Information source
WORD 4/4/2012, RedLacre 2012

Comments / Narrative

They formed the organization in 1999 as a result of the need to control the work in the Cerro Patacon landfill, to identify themselves as recyclers and because of the need to gather together volumes of material to market it at fair prices.


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