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
Supported by
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.
GAIA, India
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Website: no-burn.org/Primary information
- Year formed
- 2000
- Language
- English
- Number of members
- 650
- Type of members
- Waste picker support organization
- Occupation of members
- Waste collectors, Waste pickers
- Type of Organization
- Alliance
- Organizational Reach
- International
- Membership
- Yes
- Objectives
- Contribute to cleaning the environment, influence public policies, zero waste
- Women composition
Social networking sites
Benefits
Services
Complementary Information
- Information source
- Asia 2013
Comments / Narrative
The Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance: Mobilizing grassroots action against the spread of incinerators and other polluting, end-of-pipe waste technologies.
The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives: Building the movement for environmental justice, local green economies and creative zero waste solutions.