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.

Scrap Dealers Association of Nigeria (SDAN)

Lagos, Nigeria

Primary information

Year formed: 2005
Language: English, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba
Type of members: Members employ waste pickers
Occupation of members: Scrap dealers
Type of Organization: Association
Organizational Reach: Local
Workplace of members: Dumpsite
Membership: Yes
Organization Structure: Chairman, Secretary
Objectives: Keep local area clean, improve working conditions, capacity building, promote the rights of waste pickers, improve livelihoods
Women composition

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Benefits

Member benefits: Id cards

Services

Are they selling to middlemen?: Yes
Activities: Selling materials

Complementary Information

Information source: Africa 2012

Comments / Narrative

The Association was formed as a body to represent the Scraps and Waste dealers in Nigeria and engage with federal, state and local government agencies. Also to help factories /companies source some of their raw materials within the country. One future plan is to build and own a recycling plant where the waste pickers can sell their metal waste.

Contact information

Available information upon request.