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.

Republički Sindikat Sakupljača Sekundarnih Sirovina (Syndicate of waste picker of the Republic of Serbia )

Year formed: 2011
Registered in: 2011
Formally registered: On
Language: English, Serbian
Number of members: 2,000
Type of members: Members are waste pickers
Occupation of members: Waste pickers
Type of Organization: Trade union
Organizational Reach: National
Workplace of members: Collection from companies, Door to door, Dumpsite, Home-based, Slums, Sorting center, Street
Membership: Yes
Organization Structure: Congress (every 2 years), assembly (once a year at least), presidential board, monitoring board, managing board (calls for the meeting of assembly, it is the executive board of the organization), president, vicepresident, secretariat, financial assstant. Assembly is the main organ of organization.
Education and training: Business & project management, Cooperativism & solidarity economy, Hygiene education, Literacy & school, Mobilization, Rights & duties, Risks & health, Waste management
Partnering organizations: Independent SIndicate of Serbia, Joint Sindicate of ___ (SLOGA)
Affiliations: Government
Funding: Donor, Membership fees
Internal elections: Every 4 years
Women composition: 20% women

Types of materials: Biodegradable waste, Bottles, Cans, Electronic waste, Glass, Metals, Organics, Paper and cardboard, Plastics, Tetra brik
Are they selling to middlemen?: No
Activities: Cleaning, Collecting materials, Collecting waste, Collection of recyclables, Collection of waste, Community storage of materials, Composting, Recycling, Selling materials, Sensitization of locals, Sorting waste, Street sweeping, Waste collection, Waste management, Waste sorting
Sorting Spaces: Sorting center
Treatmet of organic materials: Composting
Challenges to access waste: Lack of recognition

Information source: Interview with Šaban Salijević, president of Republički Sindikat Sakupljača Sekundarnih Sirovina.

In their internal rules they are supposed to pay 50 Serbian dinar (RSD) (around 50 cents of Euro) but they are not asking for that for the moment.

There are special workshops for women and young people.
They are funded in part by the German Government,

Members of the syndicate sale materials, but not the syndicate itself.

They also say that they face lack of protection, lack of accessibility, lack of health care, great number of injuries, lack of identification.