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 28 countries covering mainly Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Supported by
Latin American Waste Pickers Network (LAWPN / Red LACRE)
São Paulo, Brazil
Website: redrecicladores.net/es/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
Social networking sites
Benefits
Services
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)