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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Pietro Luppi is a pioneer of the processes of self-organization of Italian waste pickers, promoting since 2002 the creation of independent networks, and coordinating in 2011 the creation of Rete ONU: the national network of Italian second-hand operators, which today represents about 4,500 vulnerable operators before the institutions; Pietro Luppi is currently the scientific director of the organization.