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Yebo Rekopane Cooperative, Ondestepoort Landfill

Pretoria, South Africa

Primary information

Year formed: 2009
Language: English
Number of members: 66
Type of members: Members are waste pickers
Type of Organization: Cooperative
Organizational Reach: Local
Objectives: Improve livelihoods, improve prices of recycled materials, strengthen unity and cohesion among waste pickers, invest in technology
Partnering organizations: Pretoria Network, groundWork, WIEGO
Women composition

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Benefits

Services

Types of materials: Plastics
Activities: Buying materials, Selling materials
Challenges to access waste: Lack of education & training, Transportation

Complementary Information

Information source: Africa 2009

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Contact information

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