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
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Primary information
- Year formed
- 2001
- Language
- English
- Number of members
- 20
- Type of members
- Waste picker support organization
- Occupation of members
- Itinerant buyers, Waste collectors
- Type of Organization
- Community based organization
- Organizational Reach
- Local
- Workplace of members
- Collection from companies, Fixed
- Membership
- Yes
- Organization Structure
- Executive Committee comprising 7 members. Records kept are receipt books, bank statements and annual reports.
- Objectives
- Social and economic empowernment of waste pickers, contribute to cleaning the environment, recycling
- Partnering organizations
- BAMATO, SECODE, KIWAMA
- Funding
- Membership fees, Self funded
- Internal elections
- Annually
- Women composition
- 90,0%
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Benefits
- Member benefits
- Clean & healthy environment, Job creation & source of income
Services
- How is the relationship with the municipality?
- Excellent and/or friendly
- Types of materials
- Biodegradable waste, Clothing, Other, Plastics
- Activities
- Buying materials, New items made from collected materials, Selling materials
- Challenges to access waste
- Foul smell & contamination from waste, Lack of infrastructure & resources, Price fluctuations of waste, Transportation
Complementary Information
- Information source
- Africa 2009
Comments / Narrative
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