♻️ 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. ♻️ ✊🏽

[♻️ International Alliance of Waste Pickers @globalrec_org]

Join us for “From Marginalized to Recognized: Responsible Sourcing Pathways and a Just Transition for Workers in Material Production and Recycling Supply Chains”
💻 Online via Zoom
https://t.co/3CK3CYlYua
Don’t miss it! 🌍

[TakaNiAjira Foundation @takaniajira]

Imagine risking your health daily while keeping our cities clean yet lacking healthcare coverage. Our survey at TakaNiAjira Foundation shows that 88% of waste pickers in Tanzania & Zanzibar pay for healthcare out-of-pocket. It’s time for change. Read more: https://t.co/jLFbKQ5C3H

[Christy Adeola Braham @christybraham]

"Nobody knows about the nature of my work. I cannot tell my friends and family because it is dehumanizing"

https://t.co/2i050lk77R

@globalrec_org @WIEGOGLOBAL

[GAIA -Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives @GAIAnoburn]

A small but mighty GAIA delegation participating at the Open Ended Expert Group for the global #PlasticsTreaty in Bangkok. We're proud to stand alongside high-ambition member states pushing for a legally binding, strong, and just treaty that prioritizes plastic reduction. #INC5

[♻️ International Alliance of Waste Pickers @globalrec_org]

@sawpaza The following concerns were raised during meetings occurring alongside the elections for @sawpaza :
📌implementation of the Waste Pickers Integration Guidelines
📌EPR service fees not reaching waste pickers

[♻️ International Alliance of Waste Pickers @globalrec_org]

#wastepickersinnews: Our comrades at @sawpaza held elections earlier this month. We congratulate their leadership of Lefa as Chairperson, Maddie as Vice Chairperson, Mantwa as Treasurer, and Xolile as General Secretary. Looking forward to more collaborations 💚✊🏾

[♻️ International Alliance of Waste Pickers @globalrec_org]

Besides the leadership, 12 members of the national coordinating committee and nine provincial coordinators were elected during the elections for @sawpaza where around 150 waste pickers from nine provinces of South Africa were present.

[UTEP @UTEPoficial]

Denunciamos el insólito allanamiento en nuestra sede central en Constitución.

Por pedido del juez Ercolini la policía federal irrumpió con violencia en el lugar donde se desarrolla un comedor preguntando por una cooperativa desconocida que ni siquiera tiene domicilio en el lugar

[Nirere Sadrach @SadrachNirere]

The questions on incinerators are simple.

What happens to the waste pickers and others working along the waste value chain including recycling companies❓

How will organic waste be dealt with given that incinerators feed on dry waste❓

#GoForZeroWaste⤵️ #NoMoreLandfills

[Chintan @ChintanIndia]

#Freedom means different things to different people.

For Jharna, Kastura, and Dulali, it means #cleanwater for their #community. These #ClimateSakhis from Vivekanand Camp, empowered by Chintan's #leadership trainings, have secured a promise of a new pipeline from their local MLA. Their positive actions will benefit 60 #wastepicker families. This is what true freedom looks like.

@ilo @globalrec_org @unwomenindia @WIEGOGLOBAL @climatesakhi
#ChintanforFreedom #CommunityEmpowerment #ClimateAction #WomenInLeadership #IndependenceDay @Bharati09

[Juakali Initiative @juakali_ug]

A moment of silence for the waste pickers that have lost their lives.

[Chintan @ChintanIndia]

Overflowing #Landfills lead to tragedies like this. Reducing consumption will reduce #waste, less harm to #people and the #planet. https://t.co/Iw7cynWonA… #landfill #landslide #Uganda

@UNEP @UNEP_Africa @SDG2030 @globalrec_org
@Bharati09

[Nirere Sadrach @SadrachNirere]

Several feared dead after Kiteezi Landfill garbage landslide. It is also reported that some people were buried inside houses as well as property and livestock.
Efforts are underway to exhume the dead and survivors.
📸: @newvisionwire

#NoMoreLandfills #EndPlasticPollution

[♻️ International Alliance of Waste Pickers @globalrec_org]

@Livedebris, our Advocacy Coordinator, noted, on the mention of waste pickers in the global plastics treaty- “If this language sticks, this is pretty historic, not just for waste pickers but for the representation of labor within a multilateral environmental agreement.”

[♻️ International Alliance of Waste Pickers @globalrec_org]

#wastepickersinnews 🌍✍🏽: We were featured along other waste picker voices in this article on @grist by @josephbwinter, which explored the dynamics of the plastics industry in its support for waste pickers.
#GlobalPlasticsTreaty #IAWP
https://t.co/RzVNBIdw91

[♻️ International Alliance of Waste Pickers @globalrec_org]

@sawpaza @sawpaza @groundWorkSA

[♻️ International Alliance of Waste Pickers @globalrec_org]

In solidarity with our 500+ waste pickers who marched in Johannesburg, South Africa yesterday ✊🏾💚
They got together to:
📌Oppose the establishment of an incinerator plant
📌Ask for Producer Responsibility Organisations to pay waste pickers for waste management services 🗣

[♻️ International Alliance of Waste Pickers @globalrec_org]

Our colleagues at the @sawpaza spearheaded this march in collaboration with Ground Work and the African Reclaimers Organisation 🙌🏽

Their main aim was to stop of the incinerator project, read the full list of demands here ✍🏽🔖 : https://t.co/wtm3OhCA4R

[♻️ International Alliance of Waste Pickers @globalrec_org]

#wastepickerinnews 🌍✍🏽: Our waste picker comrades from Ground Score Association were featured for their incredible work ✊🏾💚
Read here: https://t.co/6wPiXwiAWF
@barb71ra 🌟

[♻️ International Alliance of Waste Pickers @globalrec_org]

#wastepickerinnews 🌍✍🏽: Our waste picker comrades from @mteargentina were highlighted for their crucial work as a cooperative in a blog post by @WIEGOGLOBAL ✊🏾💚
Read about their incredible work here:
https://t.co/C3vJIMegYt