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

Social networking sites

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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