
Amelior
Paris, France
Website: amelior.canalblog.comPrimary information
- Year formed
- 2008
- Registered in
- 2012
- Language
- French
- Number of members
- 500
- Type of members
- Members are multi sector, Members are waste pickers
- Occupation of members
- Itinerant buyers, Itinerant workers, Waste pickers
- Type of Organization
- Association
- Organizational Reach
- Local
- Workplace of members
- Street
- Membership
- Yes
- Organization Structure
- One president, one secretariat, one treasurer, 10 administrators. In the 13 people 9 of them are waste pickers.
- Objectives
- Organize second hand market. Promote the inclusion of waste picker in waste management/economy. Defend the interes of the waste picker. Reduce waste. Facilitate access to waste. Fight against poverty.
- Education and training
- Leadership training, Mobilization, Rights & duties
- Partnering organizations
- City of Montreuil, Rues Marchandes, association Aurore
- Funding
- Membership fees
- Internal elections
- Annually
- Women composition
- 50,0% 50%
Social networking sites
Benefits
- Member benefits
- Child assistance programmes, Health care & insurance, Job creation & source of income, Legal assistance
- Safety & Technology
- Fire extinguishers, First aid kits, Gloves
Services
- What kind of relationship exists with the municipality?
- None
- How is the relationship with the municipality?
- Conflictual and/or problematic
- Types of materials
- Cans, Clothing, Electronic waste, Household items, Metals
- Are they selling to middlemen?
- Yes
- Activities
- Collecting materials, Collection of recyclables, Community sale of materials, Community storage of materials, New items made from collected materials, Organizing collective events, Selling materials, Sensitization of locals, Sorting waste, Training and capacity building
- Challenges to access waste
- Harassment from authorities, Lack of infrastructure & resources, Lack of recognition, Lack of tools, Negative attitude towards waste, Privatization, Transportation
Complementary Information
- Information source
- Lucia Fernandez. Interview to Samuel Le Coeur in Serbia (21 September 2016).
Comments / Narrative
In the second hand market they organize there are people from many different countries: China, Magreb, all Africa, all Europe. It is an popular market, around 90% of its members come from inmigration.
Membership fee: 2€ a year.
To participate in the market you need to pay 4€ for 2m.
They also use this alternative logo:
Contact information
Last updates from Amelior
At GlobalRec.org
IAWP affiliates were part of Global Labour SchoolWaste pickers in Chile and Madrid stand up for the EarthInternational Live streaming: Waste Pickers Organization in the WorldWaste Workers’ Safety during the COVID-19 pandemic (webinar)Solidarity Campaigns to Collect Funds for Waste Pickers in Coronavirus Times, Donate!Gathering of waste pickers from Paris and New YorkPremière réunion informelle européenne des récupérateurs de matériaux et des marchands de biens d’occasionAmelior becomes member of REFER (Francilian Reuse Network) and other updatesListen to the voices of Waste pickers at Expocatadores 2016March 1st, no borders for those who fight! (2016)
At organization's website
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