WASTE PICKERS
Stats « Waste pickers Around the World (WAW)
- WAW in numbers
- 427 Number of organizations in the data base
- 27 Number of organizations that are Waste Picker Organizations (Asia)
- 3,805,754 Waste pickers in waste picker organizations
Asia
Table of contents
Organizational Reach number of organizations (%)
Local (70.4%)
Not known (14.8%)
National (11.1%)
Regional (3.7%)
(Total organizations formed by waste pickers: 27)
Type of organization number of organizations (%)
Self-help group (37%)
Non governmental organization (22.2%)
Community based organization (18.5%)
Association (18.5%)
Cooperative (18.5%)
Women´s group (14.8%)
Non profit organization (11.1%)
Alliance (11.1%)
Network of cooperatives (11.1%)
Trade union (11.1%)
Federation of cooperatives (11.1%)
Membership based organization (7.4%)
Federation (7.4%)
Movement
Church organization
(Total organizations formed by waste pickers: 27)
Country number of organizations (%)
India: 25 (92.6%)
Bangladesh: 1
Indonesia: 1
Type of members number of organizations (%)
Members are waste pickers 26 (96.3%)
Members are multi sector 5 (18.5%)
Members are waste picker organizations 5 (18.5%)
Waste picker support organization 3 (11.1%)
Members employ waste pickers 3 (11.1%)
Potential supporters 1 (3.7%)
Occupation of members number of organizations (%)
Waste pickers 27 (100%)
Waste collectors 11 (40.7%)
Solid waste managers 10 (37%)
Itinerant buyers 5 (18.5%)
Scrap dealers 5 (18.5%)
Itinerant workers 3 (11.1%)
Street sweepers 1 (3.7%)
Year Formed number of organizations
Not known
1972
1975
1984
1991
1993
1994
1997
1999
2001
2005
2007
2009
2011
2012
2014
2015
2021
Year Registered number of organizations
Not known
1985
1991
1994
1997
2000
2003
2004
2007
2008
2009
2012
2014
2015
2021
Activities number of organizations
Waste sorting
Waste collection
Sorting waste
Collection of recyclables
Training and capacity building
Collecting materials
Collecting waste
Sensitization of locals
Cleaning
Selling materials
Composting
Waste management
Collection of waste
Recycling
Organizing collective events
Buying materials
Community storage of materials
Transportation
Special collections from large generators of waste
Community sale of materials
Street sweeping
Farming
Tree planting
New items made from collected materials
Workplace of Members number of organizations
Street
Door to door
Dumpsite
Open
Recycling center
Sorting center
Home-based
Slums
Landfill
Collection from companies
Fixed
Other
Companies
Sanitary landfill
What kind of relationship exists with the municipality? number of organizations
Providers of infrastructure
Integrated into formal systems of source segregation
None
Languages number of organizations
English
Hindi
Marathi
Konkani
Bangla
Urdu
Indonesia-Bahasa
Kannada
Khasi
Tamil
Telugu
