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 32 countries covering mainly Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Supported by
Movimiento Nacional de Recicladores de Panama
Ciudad de Panamá, Panama
Primary information
- Language
- Spanish
- Number of members
- 156
- Type of members
- Members are waste pickers
- Occupation of members
- Waste pickers
- Type of Organization
- Movement
- Organizational Reach
- National
- Workplace of members
- Sanitary landfill
- Affiliations
- Redlacre
- Women composition
- 16,0%
Social networking sites
Benefits
Services
- What kind of relationship exists with the municipality?
- None
- How is the relationship with the municipality?
- Conflictual and/or problematic, Excellent and/or friendly
- Types of materials
- Glass, Metals, Paper and cardboard, Plastic, Tetra brik
- Sorting Spaces
- Sorting centers
- Challenges to access waste
- Lack of infrastructure & resources, Lack of tools
Complementary Information
- Information source
- Interview to Juan Keneddy Gaona in Bogotá by Kendra Hughes.