Movimento Nacional de Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis (MNCR)

São Paulo, Brazil

Primary information

Year formed

2001

Language

Portugués

Number of groups

600

Number of members

85,000

Type of members

Miembros son organizaciones de recicladores

Occupation of members

Recicladores

Type of Organization

Movimiento, Red de cooperativas

Organizational Reach

Nacional

Workplace of members

Botadero, La calle, Puerta a puerta, Recolección de residuos de empresas, Vertedero de residuos

Organization Structure

Works from grassroots organizations: regional committees: and through other structures to the National commission

Objectives

Recognition of waste pickers, self-organization and self management, against privatization, independence, integration of solid waste management, mutual support and solidary, the right to work, the right to education, the right to child care for all, payment to waste pickers for collection of recyclable materials, control of the chain of materials recycled, social and economic empowerment of waste pickers, the right to education, day care centers for waste pickers and their families

Affiliations

La Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Recicladores (Red LACRE)

Women composition

over 50% women

Social networking sites

Facebook
Twitter

Benefits

Services

Activities

Almacenamiento comunitario de materiales, Colecciones especiales de grandes generadores de residuos, Nuevos artículos hechos de materiales recogidos, Venta de materiales en la comunidad

Treatmet of organic materials

Biogás, Compostaje, Cría de cerdos

Complementary Information

Information source

WORD 17/7/2013, RedLacre 2012

Comments / Narrative

National Secretariat is in São Paulo. They are in 27 states, approximately 1000 cities, but aren’t sure of the exact statistic. The Association was founded in 2001.