WASTE PICKERS
Stats « Waste pickers Around the World (WAW)
- WAW in numbers
- 427 Number of organizations in the data base
- 114 Number of organizations that are Waste Picker Organizations
- 3,934,136 Waste pickers in waste picker organizations
Table of contents
Organizational Reach number of organizations (%)
Local (60.5%)
National (23.7%)
Regional (11.4%)
Not known (3.5%)
International (0.9%)
(Total organizations formed by waste pickers: 114)
Type of organization number of organizations (%)
Cooperative (37.7%)
Association (31.6%)
Federation of cooperatives (15.8%)
Self-help group (8.8%)
Network of cooperatives (7.9%)
Trade union (7%)
Community based organization (6.1%)
Non governmental organization (5.3%)
Non profit organization (5.3%)
Movement (5.3%)
Alliance (4.4%)
Women´s group
Federation
Membership based organization
Network
Church organization
Other
(Total organizations formed by waste pickers: 114)
Country number of organizations (%)
Brazil: 27 (23.7%)
India: 25 (21.9%)
Colombia: 13 (11.4%)
Canada: 3
Argentina: 3
Peru: 3
South Africa: 3
Ghana: 3
France: 2
Venezuela: 2
Chile: 2
Mali: 2
Nicaragua: 2
Panama: 2
Honduras: 2
United States of America: 2
Dominican Republic: 1
Senegal: 1
Benin: 1
Cameroon: 1
Bangladesh: 1
Democratic Republic of Congo: 1
Costa Rica: 1
Indonesia: 1
Nigeria: 1
Paraguay: 1
Bolivia: 1
Ecuador: 1
Serbia: 1
Italy: 1
Mexico: 1
Uruguay: 1
Uganda: 1
Kenya: 1
Type of members number of organizations (%)
Members are waste pickers 99 (86.8%)
Members are waste picker organizations 30 (26.3%)
Members are multi sector 9 (7.9%)
Waste picker support organization 5 (4.4%)
Members employ waste pickers 5 (4.4%)
Potential supporters 1 (0.9%)
Occupation of members number of organizations (%)
Waste pickers 114 (100%)
Waste collectors 13 (11.4%)
Solid waste managers 11 (9.6%)
Itinerant buyers 7 (6.1%)
Itinerant workers 7 (6.1%)
Scrap dealers 7 (6.1%)
Street sweepers 2 (1.8%)
Year Formed number of organizations
Not known
1972
1975
1984
1989
1990
1991
1993
1994
1995
1997
1999
2001
2004
2005
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2018
2021
Year Registered number of organizations
Not known
1985
1991
1994
1997
1998
2000
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2018
2021
Activities number of organizations
Selling materials
Community storage of materials
Waste sorting
Collection of recyclables
Community sale of materials
Sorting waste
Waste collection
Collecting materials
Training and capacity building
Special collections from large generators of waste
Sensitization of locals
Cleaning
Collecting waste
Recycling
Organizing collective events
Composting
Waste management
Collection of waste
Buying materials
New items made from collected materials
Transportation
Street sweeping
Farming
Tree planting
Workplace of Members number of organizations
Street
Dumpsite
Door to door
Landfill
Sorting center
Recycling center
Home-based
Collection from companies
Open
Slums
Sanitary landfill
Fixed
Other
Companies
What kind of relationship exists with the municipality? number of organizations
Providers of infrastructure
Integrated into formal systems of source segregation
None
Payment for materials collected
Languages number of organizations
Spanish
English
Portuguese
Hindi
Marathi
French
Konkani
Bangla
Urdu
Mandingue
Peulh
Serere
Toucouleur
Wolof
Kikongo
Lingala
Swahili
Tshiluba
Bambara
Bomu
Bozo, Tiéyaxo
Indonesia-Bahasa
Serbian
Italian
Kannada
Khasi
Tamil
Telugu
