INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a networking process supported by WIEGO, among thousands of waste picker organizations with groups in more than 32 countries covering mainly Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Supported by
Cooperativa Mixta Segregadores Limitada de Honduras (COMISEGREHL)
Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan, Honduras
Primary information
- Year formed
- 2005
- Registered in
- 2005
- Formally registered
- On
- Language
- Spanish
- Number of members
- 20
- Type of members
- Members are waste pickers
- Occupation of members
- Waste pickers
- Type of Organization
- Cooperative
- Organizational Reach
- Local
- Workplace of members
- Dumpsite, Sanitary landfill
- Membership
- No
- Objectives
- El objectivo es que nosotros queremos incidir en el tema de una bodega, porque tenemos a través de Tetrapak, un equipo que nos donó una báscula, compactadora. No tenemos bodega donde podemos reunir el material y exportarlo. El segundo es que estamos pagando un vehiculo a través de la cooperativa.
- Affiliations
- Ngo, Redlacre
- Funding
- Donor funded
- Internal elections
- Every 4 years
- Women composition
- 65,0%
Social networking sites
Benefits
- Number of credit / saving members?
- 20
- Safety & Technology
- Gloves
Services
- What kind of relationship exists with the municipality?
- None
- How is the relationship with the municipality?
- Poor and/or non existent
- Types of materials
- Glass, Paper and cardboard
- Are they selling to middlemen?
- Yes
- Activities
- Collecting materials, Selling materials, Sorting waste
- Challenges to access waste
- Contamination from waste, Exploitation, Foul smell & contamination from waste, Lack of education & training, Lack of infrastructure & resources, Lack of recognition, Lack of tools, Lack of unity between organizations, Negative attitude towards waste, Obtaining licenses, Price fluctuations of waste, Privatization, Transportation
Complementary Information
- Information source
- Interview to Armindo Laínez Zavala. ogotá, 14 de marzo de 2018.
Comments / Narrative
Alcaldia municipal les dan apoyo logística – querian obtener un Proyecto para pode… que nos permitan en barrios y colonias seguras antes que entre la recolección… y nos permitieron. El inginerio no los tomaron en cuenta… no han proveido la personería jurídica de la asociación nacional.