Association Bokk Diom des Récupérateurs et recycleurs de Mbeubeuss

Dakar, Senegal

Primary information

Year formed

1995

Registered in

1998

Formally registered

On

Language

French, Mandingue, Peulh, Serere, Toucouleur, Wolof

Number of members

1,200

Type of members

Members are waste pickers

Occupation of members

Waste pickers

Type of Organization

Association

Organizational Reach

Local

Organization Structure

General Assembly, Steering Committe, Executive Bureau, Health Committe, Management Committe, Educational Permanence. Presidents are elected every five years, and there are six committee members.

Objectives

Recognition of waste pickers, fight discrimination and poverty, promote the rights of waste pickers, job creation, development of educational activities for children and adolescents, awareness raising, strengthen unity and cohesion among waste pickers, social and economic empowerment of waste pickers, improve quality of life, rights, dignity and welfare of workers,

Partnering organizations

ENDA Graf Sahel Senegal, WIEGO UK, GAIA Europe, STREETNET South Africa, IPEC/ILO, Autre Terre, Life/PNUD

Affiliations

Government

Funding

Donor funded, Ngo funds

Internal elections

Every 5 years

Women composition

Social networking sites

Benefits

Services

How is the relationship with the municipality?

Excellent and/or friendly

Types of materials

Biodegradable waste, Clothing, Glass, Household items, Metals, Paper and cardboard, Plastics

Activities

New items made from collected materials, Recycling, Selling materials

Complementary Information

Information source

WORD 26/06/2013, Africa 2012, Africa 2013, Africa 2011

Comments / Narrative

Created in 1968 and currently covering an expanse of more or less one hundred and seventy-five hectares, Mbeubeuss is the only landfill serving the entire city of Dakar. Just north of the city in the Pikine Departement of Malika-Mer, the government gives contracts to trucking companies (Viole is contracted for 20%) to haul 460,000 tons of waste per year to the site. For five or six years the government has been talking about shutting down Mbeumeuss and opening a new site, including a segregation center. The site is planned for a location fifteen kilometers away from the existing dumpsite. The government has proposed that three hundred and fifty waste pickers from the existing estimated 7,040 people living in Mbeumeuss will get jobs at the new recycling center. It has also been proposed that waste pickers will have to pay money to initially become workers in the new center. The proposal is for sorting recyclables at the household level, and then hauling the recyclables to the sorting center. The government will provide member waste pickers a salary for working at the new center.