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.

Primary information

Year formed: 2008
Language: Portuguese, Spanish
Number of groups: 20
Type of members: Members are waste picker organizations
Occupation of members: Waste pickers
Type of Organization: Network
Organizational Reach: International
Workplace of members: Collection from companies, Door to door, Dumpsite, Landfill, Recycling center, Sorting center, Street
Organization Structure: Cooperatives, Associations and National movements as partners of the LAWPN. Not decision making, just Secretariat and articulation. The new Secretariats are back in Chile (communication) Colombia (operations) and Brazil (international agenda)
Objectives: Recognition of waste pickers
Partnering organizations: Avina Foundation, WIEGO, GAIA, Ciudad Saludable,
Funding: Donor
Women composition

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Complementary Information

Information source: WORD 1/10/2009, LuciaFernandez, 12/08/2014

Comments / Narrative

National movements/networks from Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Nicaragua, and Association members from Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Uruguay, Panama, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Honduras and Venezuela.

Original name: Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Recicladores (Red LACRE)

Contact information

Available information upon request.

Latin American Waste Pickers Network (LAWPN / Red LACRE)

São Paulo, Brazil