INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a union of waste picker organizations representing more than 460,000 workers across 34 countries
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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.
South African Waste Pickers Association (SAWPA)
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Primary information
- Year formed
- 2009
- Language
- English
- Number of members
- 6,000
- Type of members
- Members are waste picker organizations, Members are waste pickers
- Occupation of members
- Waste pickers
- Type of Organization
- Association, Movement
- Organizational Reach
- National
- Organization Structure
- National Working Group with 7 members, one from each of the 7 participating provinces. No formal chair, NPO number or constitution.
- Objectives
- Improve livelihoods, recycling, recognition of waste pickers, promote the rights of waste pickers, promote the Waste Picker Law, organizing at local and national level, reduce vulnerability and risk, develop and promote MBOs, against privatization, strengthen unity and cohesion among waste pickers
- Partnering organizations
- GroundWork, WIEGO,
- Women composition
Social networking sites
Benefits
Services
- Challenges to access waste
- Lack of recognition, Lack of unity between organizations, Privatization
Complementary Information
- Information source
- Africa 2009
Comments / Narrative
Contact information
Last updates from South African Waste Pickers Association (SAWPA)
At GlobalRec.org
Call to national and local governments and citizens to assist and support Waste Pickers (SAWPA, South Africa)Afrique du Sud : échange d’expériences et de connaissances par des récupérateurs de 3 continentsRecicladores de 3 continentes intercambian experiencias y conocimientos en SudáfricaLes récupérateurs manifestent contre la délocalisation à Tshwane (Afrique du Sud)Waste Pickers March against displacement in Tshwane (South Africa)Waste Pickers from 3 Continents Exchange Experiences and Knowledge in South AfricaDurban perd une légende : le recycleur informel, Afrika NtuliHazardous waste incinerator rubber stampedAn influx of waste-to-energy projects in South AfricaWaste pickers at Cop21: Creating solutions for climate change