The International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP) is a union of waste pickers organizations representing more than 460,000 workers across 34 countries. Our members participate in the collection, separation, sorting, transport, and sale of recyclable and reusable materials and products (paper, plastic, metal, glass and other materials) in an informal or semi-formal capacity, as own account workers, or in a cooperative settings.
The Alliance defends their work and its recognition, in pursuit of public policies that improve the working and living conditions of the waste pickers of the world.