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.
Previously operated as two separate groups – Ikageng was made up of women and older men collecting paper and plastic and Ditamating was made up of younger men collecting metals. It was decided to unify and agreed that as a common organization all reclaimers would be able to collect all materials with profits to be shared equally. This united front would also strengthen their negotiating position with the awarding of a collection contract from the municipality.