INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF 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 Logo WIEGO

Metro Manila Linis-Ganda, Inc.

Manila, Philippines

Primary information

Year formed
1983
Registered in
1983
Language
English
Number of groups
17
Number of members
1,500
Type of members
Waste picker support organization
Occupation of members
Waste pickers
Type of Organization
Non governmental organization
Organizational Reach
Local
Workplace of members
Street
Objectives
The organization preserves the environment by encouraging the segregation of garbage in the kitchen into: compostable, recyclable, and residual, to reduce air, water, and land pollution, reduce the demand for water and energy used in processing paper, plastics, bottles, and metals, and to save trees in the forest, oil under the sea, iron ore in the mountains, and sand on the beach.
Women composition

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Services

Types of materials
Cans, Metals, Paper and cardboard, Plastics

Complementary Information

Information source
WORD, Lucia Fernandez 24/11/2014

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