WASTE PICKERS
Stats « Waste pickers Around the World (WAW)
- WAW in numbers
- 427 Number of organizations in the data base
- 15 Number of organizations that are Waste Picker Organizations (Africa)
- 10,341 Waste pickers in waste picker organizations
Africa
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Organizational Reach number of organizations (%)
Local (66.7%)
National (33.3%)
(Total organizations formed by waste pickers: 15)
Type of organization number of organizations (%)
Association (66.7%)
Cooperative (20%)
Movement (6.7%)
Trade union (6.7%)
Alliance (6.7%)
Non profit organization (6.7%)
(Total organizations formed by waste pickers: 15)
Country number of organizations (%)
South Africa: 3
Ghana: 3
Mali: 2
Senegal: 1
Benin: 1
Cameroon: 1
Democratic Republic of Congo: 1
Nigeria: 1
Uganda: 1
Kenya: 1
Type of members number of organizations (%)
Members are waste pickers 15 (100%)
Members are waste picker organizations 2 (13.3%)
Occupation of members number of organizations (%)
Waste pickers 15 (100%)
Waste collectors 1 (6.7%)
Scrap dealers 1 (6.7%)
Year Formed number of organizations
Not known
1995
1997
2001
2004
2009
2010
2012
2014
2018
Year Registered number of organizations
Not known
1998
2000
2006
2018
2021
Materials collected number of organizations
Activities number of organizations
Selling materials
New items made from collected materials
Recycling
Waste collection
Waste sorting
Buying materials
Cleaning
Collecting materials
Collection of recyclables
Community sale of materials
Community storage of materials
Organizing collective events
Sorting waste
Special collections from large generators of waste
Training and capacity building
Workplace of Members number of organizations
Street
Dumpsite
Door to door
Landfill
Collection from companies
Open
Sorting center
Recycling center
Home-based
Slums
What kind of relationship exists with the municipality? number of organizations
Integrated into formal systems of source segregation
None
Languages number of organizations
English
French
Mandingue
Peulh
Serere
Toucouleur
Wolof
Kikongo
Lingala
Swahili
Tshiluba
Bambara
Bomu
Bozo, Tiéyaxo
