INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a union of waste picker organizations representing more than 460,000 workers across 34 countries
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The organizations listed in this WAW database were the result of the effort to merge in one place multiple waste picker related organizations data bases in 2014. Visit the current list of affiliates to the International Alliance of Waste Pickers.
Federación Argentina de Cartoneros, Carreros y Recicladores (FACCyR)
Buenos Aires, Latin America, Argentina
Website: faccyr.org.arPrimary information
- Language
- Spanish
- Type of members
- Members are waste pickers
- Occupation of members
- Waste pickers
- Type of Organization
- Federation
- Organizational Reach
- National
- Workplace of members
- Recycling center, Street
- Membership
- Yes
- Objectives
- Recycling, fight against discrimination and poverty, build enterprises, improve waste picker living conditions, strengthen unity and cohesion amongst waste pickers, organising collective events, independence, improve livelihoods, income security, food security, develop and promote MBOs
- Education and training
- Cooperativism & solidarity economy
- Funding
- Self funded
- Women composition
Social networking sites
Benefits
Services
- Types of materials
- Household items
- Activities
- Recycling, Selling materials, Waste collection, Waste sorting
Complementary Information
- Information source
- WORD
Comments / Narrative
Contact information
Last updates from Federación Argentina de Cartoneros, Carreros y Recicladores (FACCyR)
At GlobalRec.org
Rally Against Construction of 7 Waste Incineration Plants in Buenos AiresTent of Cartoneros´ dignity in RosarioListen to the voices of Waste pickers at Expocatadores 2016The fight for a recycling system with social inclusion in La PlataThe Federation of Waste Pickers at the World Meeting of Popular MovementsFirst Popular Training for Waste Pickers, Cart Drivers and Recyclers from Across ArgentinaWaste Pickers Chain Themselves Up and Start a Hunger Strike in Buenos AiresWaste pickers in Argentina unionize to defend their livelihoodsInclusive solid waste management models should be expandedThe Federation of Waste Pickers of Argentina mobilizes to defend inclusive recycling
At organization's website
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