IAWP • International Alliance of Waste Pickers
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The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a union of waste picker organizations representing more than 460,000 workers across 34 countries.
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Waste pickers are already cutting methane, reducing CO₂ and building circular economies — yet we still receive almost no direct climate finance.
Nothing about us, without us.
🔗 bit.ly/IAWPCOP30
Nothing about us, without us.
🔗 bit.ly/IAWPCOP30
November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Waste pickers are already cutting methane, reducing CO₂ and building circular economies — yet we still receive almost no direct climate finance.
Nothing about us, without us.
🔗 bit.ly/IAWPCOP30
Nothing about us, without us.
🔗 bit.ly/IAWPCOP30
📣 People Driving the Circular Economy ♻️
At today’s session on integrating waste pickers into aluminium recycling, we highlight their key role in keeping global recycling rates high — yet they remain excluded from climate finance and policy spaces.
🗓 13 Nov • 16:30–17:30 EST
📍 Belém, Brazil
At today’s session on integrating waste pickers into aluminium recycling, we highlight their key role in keeping global recycling rates high — yet they remain excluded from climate finance and policy spaces.
🗓 13 Nov • 16:30–17:30 EST
📍 Belém, Brazil
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
📣 People Driving the Circular Economy ♻️
At today’s session on integrating waste pickers into aluminium recycling, we highlight their key role in keeping global recycling rates high — yet they remain excluded from climate finance and policy spaces.
🗓 13 Nov • 16:30–17:30 EST
📍 Belém, Brazil
At today’s session on integrating waste pickers into aluminium recycling, we highlight their key role in keeping global recycling rates high — yet they remain excluded from climate finance and policy spaces.
🗓 13 Nov • 16:30–17:30 EST
📍 Belém, Brazil
🌍💚 At #COP30, waste pickers & allies call to fund people, not incinerators.
Zero waste systems — composting, reuse, recycling — are fast & affordable ways to cut methane & create jobs.
📍 Belém | 🕔 Nov 11, 5PM BRT
🔗 Watch live: unfccc.int/cop30/schedule
#IAWP #GAIA #ZeroWaste
Zero waste systems — composting, reuse, recycling — are fast & affordable ways to cut methane & create jobs.
📍 Belém | 🕔 Nov 11, 5PM BRT
🔗 Watch live: unfccc.int/cop30/schedule
#IAWP #GAIA #ZeroWaste
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🌍💚 At #COP30, waste pickers & allies call to fund people, not incinerators.
Zero waste systems — composting, reuse, recycling — are fast & affordable ways to cut methane & create jobs.
📍 Belém | 🕔 Nov 11, 5PM BRT
🔗 Watch live: unfccc.int/cop30/schedule
#IAWP #GAIA #ZeroWaste
Zero waste systems — composting, reuse, recycling — are fast & affordable ways to cut methane & create jobs.
📍 Belém | 🕔 Nov 11, 5PM BRT
🔗 Watch live: unfccc.int/cop30/schedule
#IAWP #GAIA #ZeroWaste
🌎♻️ IAWP Delegation at COP30 – Belém, Brazil 🌿
Representing decades of grassroots organization and climate leadership, this team brings the voice of millions of waste pickers to the global stage.
Representing decades of grassroots organization and climate leadership, this team brings the voice of millions of waste pickers to the global stage.
November 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🌎♻️ IAWP Delegation at COP30 – Belém, Brazil 🌿
Representing decades of grassroots organization and climate leadership, this team brings the voice of millions of waste pickers to the global stage.
Representing decades of grassroots organization and climate leadership, this team brings the voice of millions of waste pickers to the global stage.
🇲🇱 Women leading change in Mali!
The Minister for Women, Children & Families gathered civil society leaders to address the national crisis.
💪🏾 The Malian Association of Waste Sorters (AMTDDO) — an affiliate of the IAWP — joined with 15+ women raising their voices for resilience & solidarity.
The Minister for Women, Children & Families gathered civil society leaders to address the national crisis.
💪🏾 The Malian Association of Waste Sorters (AMTDDO) — an affiliate of the IAWP — joined with 15+ women raising their voices for resilience & solidarity.
November 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
🇲🇱 Women leading change in Mali!
The Minister for Women, Children & Families gathered civil society leaders to address the national crisis.
💪🏾 The Malian Association of Waste Sorters (AMTDDO) — an affiliate of the IAWP — joined with 15+ women raising their voices for resilience & solidarity.
The Minister for Women, Children & Families gathered civil society leaders to address the national crisis.
💪🏾 The Malian Association of Waste Sorters (AMTDDO) — an affiliate of the IAWP — joined with 15+ women raising their voices for resilience & solidarity.
🌿♻️ Belém opens its 1st public composting system with waste pickers — just before #COP30!
Waste pickers from MNCR, IAWP, & Red Lacre will join the opening + panel “The COP30 Legacy for Waste Pickers.”
🗓️ Nov 9 | 9:30–17h | Belém (PA)
📍 CONCAVES HQ
Waste pickers from MNCR, IAWP, & Red Lacre will join the opening + panel “The COP30 Legacy for Waste Pickers.”
🗓️ Nov 9 | 9:30–17h | Belém (PA)
📍 CONCAVES HQ
November 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
🌿♻️ Belém opens its 1st public composting system with waste pickers — just before #COP30!
Waste pickers from MNCR, IAWP, & Red Lacre will join the opening + panel “The COP30 Legacy for Waste Pickers.”
🗓️ Nov 9 | 9:30–17h | Belém (PA)
📍 CONCAVES HQ
Waste pickers from MNCR, IAWP, & Red Lacre will join the opening + panel “The COP30 Legacy for Waste Pickers.”
🗓️ Nov 9 | 9:30–17h | Belém (PA)
📍 CONCAVES HQ
🌍 Tomorrow is a historic day! Waste pickers & other Popular Movements meet Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, continuing Francis’s legacy for #LandHousingWork.
IAWP will be represented by President Severino Lima Jr 🇧🇷 joining global grassroots leaders.
🗓️ Oct 23 | 4 PM Rome
📍 Paul VI Hall
IAWP will be represented by President Severino Lima Jr 🇧🇷 joining global grassroots leaders.
🗓️ Oct 23 | 4 PM Rome
📍 Paul VI Hall
October 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
🌍 Tomorrow is a historic day! Waste pickers & other Popular Movements meet Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, continuing Francis’s legacy for #LandHousingWork.
IAWP will be represented by President Severino Lima Jr 🇧🇷 joining global grassroots leaders.
🗓️ Oct 23 | 4 PM Rome
📍 Paul VI Hall
IAWP will be represented by President Severino Lima Jr 🇧🇷 joining global grassroots leaders.
🗓️ Oct 23 | 4 PM Rome
📍 Paul VI Hall
📢 We’re hiring! 🌎♻️
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP) is looking for a Research Coordinator to lead global studies on waste pickers’ rights, livelihoods & climate justice.
🗓️ Apply by Oct 31, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/3WRag0g
#IAWP #WastePickers #Hiring #JustTransition #GlobalSouth
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP) is looking for a Research Coordinator to lead global studies on waste pickers’ rights, livelihoods & climate justice.
🗓️ Apply by Oct 31, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/3WRag0g
#IAWP #WastePickers #Hiring #JustTransition #GlobalSouth
October 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
📢 We’re hiring! 🌎♻️
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP) is looking for a Research Coordinator to lead global studies on waste pickers’ rights, livelihoods & climate justice.
🗓️ Apply by Oct 31, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/3WRag0g
#IAWP #WastePickers #Hiring #JustTransition #GlobalSouth
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP) is looking for a Research Coordinator to lead global studies on waste pickers’ rights, livelihoods & climate justice.
🗓️ Apply by Oct 31, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/3WRag0g
#IAWP #WastePickers #Hiring #JustTransition #GlobalSouth
🌎♻️ Waste pickers from Brazil, Latin America & Africa gather in Belém for the Pre-COP 30 Waste Pickers’ Meeting to build solidarity & ensure our voices shape the climate agenda.
Together we’re paving a just path to #COP30.
#IAWP #MNCR #ClimateJustice #PreCOP30
Together we’re paving a just path to #COP30.
#IAWP #MNCR #ClimateJustice #PreCOP30
October 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
🌎♻️ Waste pickers from Brazil, Latin America & Africa gather in Belém for the Pre-COP 30 Waste Pickers’ Meeting to build solidarity & ensure our voices shape the climate agenda.
Together we’re paving a just path to #COP30.
#IAWP #MNCR #ClimateJustice #PreCOP30
Together we’re paving a just path to #COP30.
#IAWP #MNCR #ClimateJustice #PreCOP30
🌎 North American Waste Pickers Exchange 🇨🇦
Reclaimers from across the continent met in Vancouver to share strategies, strengthen reclaimer-led recycling, and push for fair handling fees & dignified work ✊♻️
Together we build justice from the ground up. 💚
#WastePickers #IAWP
Reclaimers from across the continent met in Vancouver to share strategies, strengthen reclaimer-led recycling, and push for fair handling fees & dignified work ✊♻️
Together we build justice from the ground up. 💚
#WastePickers #IAWP
October 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🌎 North American Waste Pickers Exchange 🇨🇦
Reclaimers from across the continent met in Vancouver to share strategies, strengthen reclaimer-led recycling, and push for fair handling fees & dignified work ✊♻️
Together we build justice from the ground up. 💚
#WastePickers #IAWP
Reclaimers from across the continent met in Vancouver to share strategies, strengthen reclaimer-led recycling, and push for fair handling fees & dignified work ✊♻️
Together we build justice from the ground up. 💚
#WastePickers #IAWP
At the 2025 UN Responsible Business & Human Rights Forum in Bangkok, IAWP VP Sushila Sable amplified the voices of 40M waste pickers 🌍. She urged brands & govts to ensure a #JustTransition: recognition, protection & fair pay for those keeping recycling supply chains alive ♻️✊🏾
September 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
At the 2025 UN Responsible Business & Human Rights Forum in Bangkok, IAWP VP Sushila Sable amplified the voices of 40M waste pickers 🌍. She urged brands & govts to ensure a #JustTransition: recognition, protection & fair pay for those keeping recycling supply chains alive ♻️✊🏾
📢 NOW LIVE at #UNRBHR2025!
♻️✊ From marginalized to recognized: Responsible sourcing pathways and a just transition for workers in material production and recycling supply chains
Link: undp.zoom.us/j/86332512561
Hear worker voices & solutions to protect 40M waste pickers & 49M homeworkers.
♻️✊ From marginalized to recognized: Responsible sourcing pathways and a just transition for workers in material production and recycling supply chains
Link: undp.zoom.us/j/86332512561
Hear worker voices & solutions to protect 40M waste pickers & 49M homeworkers.
September 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
📢 NOW LIVE at #UNRBHR2025!
♻️✊ From marginalized to recognized: Responsible sourcing pathways and a just transition for workers in material production and recycling supply chains
Link: undp.zoom.us/j/86332512561
Hear worker voices & solutions to protect 40M waste pickers & 49M homeworkers.
♻️✊ From marginalized to recognized: Responsible sourcing pathways and a just transition for workers in material production and recycling supply chains
Link: undp.zoom.us/j/86332512561
Hear worker voices & solutions to protect 40M waste pickers & 49M homeworkers.
🇧🇷✨ At the IAWP African Regional Meeting, H.E. Mariana Madeira, Ambassador of Brazil to Ghana, and Deputy Head of Mission Alexandre de Pádua Ramos Souto, celebrated Brazil’s Independence Week by honoring waste pickers’ fight for the environment. 🌍♻️ #IAWP #WastePickers
September 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🇧🇷✨ At the IAWP African Regional Meeting, H.E. Mariana Madeira, Ambassador of Brazil to Ghana, and Deputy Head of Mission Alexandre de Pádua Ramos Souto, celebrated Brazil’s Independence Week by honoring waste pickers’ fight for the environment. 🌍♻️ #IAWP #WastePickers
🌍✨ At the African Regional Meeting, Amadou Mbodj of Fundación Avina highlighted waste pickers’ vital role in inclusive recycling & shared Avina’s commitment to strengthening leadership, resilience & recognition across Africa. 🙌♻️ #WastePickers #IAWP
September 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🌍✨ At the African Regional Meeting, Amadou Mbodj of Fundación Avina highlighted waste pickers’ vital role in inclusive recycling & shared Avina’s commitment to strengthening leadership, resilience & recognition across Africa. 🙌♻️ #WastePickers #IAWP
📢 Sept 17 | 14:45-15:45 at #UNRBHRF2025
40M waste pickers & 49M homeworkers keep global recycling & production running—but remain invisible & unprotected.
Join us to explore how brands, govts & media can fund a #JustTransition & recognize workers as essential, not expendable.
#WastePickers
40M waste pickers & 49M homeworkers keep global recycling & production running—but remain invisible & unprotected.
Join us to explore how brands, govts & media can fund a #JustTransition & recognize workers as essential, not expendable.
#WastePickers
September 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
📢 Sept 17 | 14:45-15:45 at #UNRBHRF2025
40M waste pickers & 49M homeworkers keep global recycling & production running—but remain invisible & unprotected.
Join us to explore how brands, govts & media can fund a #JustTransition & recognize workers as essential, not expendable.
#WastePickers
40M waste pickers & 49M homeworkers keep global recycling & production running—but remain invisible & unprotected.
Join us to explore how brands, govts & media can fund a #JustTransition & recognize workers as essential, not expendable.
#WastePickers
✊ In Argentina, FACCyR’s El Amanecer de los Cartoneros is on hunger strike after transport rights were cut.
We stand in solidarity with them and call for international support to amplify their struggle.
We stand in solidarity with them and call for international support to amplify their struggle.
August 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
✊ In Argentina, FACCyR’s El Amanecer de los Cartoneros is on hunger strike after transport rights were cut.
We stand in solidarity with them and call for international support to amplify their struggle.
We stand in solidarity with them and call for international support to amplify their struggle.
INC5.2 ends with no Plastics Treaty — a blow to 40M waste pickers fighting plastic pollution. We demand binding Just Transition, recognition, & plastic caps. Member states must fix this process — people & planet can’t wait. #PlasticsTreaty #IAWP
Read our press release: www.bit.ly/INC52IAWP
Read our press release: www.bit.ly/INC52IAWP
August 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
INC5.2 ends with no Plastics Treaty — a blow to 40M waste pickers fighting plastic pollution. We demand binding Just Transition, recognition, & plastic caps. Member states must fix this process — people & planet can’t wait. #PlasticsTreaty #IAWP
Read our press release: www.bit.ly/INC52IAWP
Read our press release: www.bit.ly/INC52IAWP
🌍 From Geneva at the #PlasticsTreaty negotiations, waste pickers are making it clear: financing is key to justice.
Severino Lima Jr., president of the IAWP, says it loud and clear.
#WastePickers #JustTransition #CircularEconomy #EnvironmentalJustice #IAWP #PlasticsTreaty #ClimateJustice
Severino Lima Jr., president of the IAWP, says it loud and clear.
#WastePickers #JustTransition #CircularEconomy #EnvironmentalJustice #IAWP #PlasticsTreaty #ClimateJustice
August 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
🌍 From Geneva at the #PlasticsTreaty negotiations, waste pickers are making it clear: financing is key to justice.
Severino Lima Jr., president of the IAWP, says it loud and clear.
#WastePickers #JustTransition #CircularEconomy #EnvironmentalJustice #IAWP #PlasticsTreaty #ClimateJustice
Severino Lima Jr., president of the IAWP, says it loud and clear.
#WastePickers #JustTransition #CircularEconomy #EnvironmentalJustice #IAWP #PlasticsTreaty #ClimateJustice
🌍♻️ Waste pickers at the #PlasticsTreaty talks in Geneva: recognition isn’t enough — we need a mandatory Just Transition.
💬 “Without waste pickers, the treaty fails.”
💬 “Recognition is justice.”
💬 “We turn waste into livelihood.”
#JustTransition #WastePickers #CircularEconomy
💬 “Without waste pickers, the treaty fails.”
💬 “Recognition is justice.”
💬 “We turn waste into livelihood.”
#JustTransition #WastePickers #CircularEconomy
August 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
🌍♻️ Waste pickers at the #PlasticsTreaty talks in Geneva: recognition isn’t enough — we need a mandatory Just Transition.
💬 “Without waste pickers, the treaty fails.”
💬 “Recognition is justice.”
💬 “We turn waste into livelihood.”
#JustTransition #WastePickers #CircularEconomy
💬 “Without waste pickers, the treaty fails.”
💬 “Recognition is justice.”
💬 “We turn waste into livelihood.”
#JustTransition #WastePickers #CircularEconomy
The Plastic Treaty Coalition — a powerful alliance of civil society organizations from around the world, united in the fight for a future free from plastic pollution. Together, we are shaping the treaty our planet and communities deserve. 🌍✊ #JustTransition #PlasticsTreaty #EnvironmentalJustice
August 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The Plastic Treaty Coalition — a powerful alliance of civil society organizations from around the world, united in the fight for a future free from plastic pollution. Together, we are shaping the treaty our planet and communities deserve. 🌍✊ #JustTransition #PlasticsTreaty #EnvironmentalJustice
Before a crowd of Indigenous Peoples, waste pickers, unionized workers, environmental defenders & activists, John Chweya — IAWP delegate — sent a clear message: we cannot accept a Global Plastics Treaty that leaves vulnerable communities behind. 🌍✊
#WastePickers #ClimateJustice #JustTransition
#WastePickers #ClimateJustice #JustTransition
August 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before a crowd of Indigenous Peoples, waste pickers, unionized workers, environmental defenders & activists, John Chweya — IAWP delegate — sent a clear message: we cannot accept a Global Plastics Treaty that leaves vulnerable communities behind. 🌍✊
#WastePickers #ClimateJustice #JustTransition
#WastePickers #ClimateJustice #JustTransition
📢 Press Conference – Without Waste Pickers, Just Transition Fails
🗓 Aug 14 | 14:00–14:45 CEST
📍 UNEP site, Geneva – Room XXVII
We recover 60% of plastics going for recycling. We demand the #PlasticsTreaty include a binding Just Transition — recognition, rights & justice for 40M workers worldwide.
🗓 Aug 14 | 14:00–14:45 CEST
📍 UNEP site, Geneva – Room XXVII
We recover 60% of plastics going for recycling. We demand the #PlasticsTreaty include a binding Just Transition — recognition, rights & justice for 40M workers worldwide.
August 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
📢 Press Conference – Without Waste Pickers, Just Transition Fails
🗓 Aug 14 | 14:00–14:45 CEST
📍 UNEP site, Geneva – Room XXVII
We recover 60% of plastics going for recycling. We demand the #PlasticsTreaty include a binding Just Transition — recognition, rights & justice for 40M workers worldwide.
🗓 Aug 14 | 14:00–14:45 CEST
📍 UNEP site, Geneva – Room XXVII
We recover 60% of plastics going for recycling. We demand the #PlasticsTreaty include a binding Just Transition — recognition, rights & justice for 40M workers worldwide.
We are waste pickers — not by chance, but by choice. ✊♻️ This name carries our work, our history, and 50 years of organizing for recognition and justice.
Led by Maditlhare Koena, Treasurer of the IAWP, we call on governments everywhere: respect our name, respect our struggle.
Led by Maditlhare Koena, Treasurer of the IAWP, we call on governments everywhere: respect our name, respect our struggle.
August 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
We are waste pickers — not by chance, but by choice. ✊♻️ This name carries our work, our history, and 50 years of organizing for recognition and justice.
Led by Maditlhare Koena, Treasurer of the IAWP, we call on governments everywhere: respect our name, respect our struggle.
Led by Maditlhare Koena, Treasurer of the IAWP, we call on governments everywhere: respect our name, respect our struggle.
🌍♻️ Meet the IAWP delegation at #INC52!
From every continent, Waste pickers unite to ensure our voices are heard in the fight for a just & binding #PlasticsTreaty.
We lead the #JustTransition from linear to circular, defending rights, protecting communities & our planet. ✊
From every continent, Waste pickers unite to ensure our voices are heard in the fight for a just & binding #PlasticsTreaty.
We lead the #JustTransition from linear to circular, defending rights, protecting communities & our planet. ✊
August 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
🌍♻️ Meet the IAWP delegation at #INC52!
From every continent, Waste pickers unite to ensure our voices are heard in the fight for a just & binding #PlasticsTreaty.
We lead the #JustTransition from linear to circular, defending rights, protecting communities & our planet. ✊
From every continent, Waste pickers unite to ensure our voices are heard in the fight for a just & binding #PlasticsTreaty.
We lead the #JustTransition from linear to circular, defending rights, protecting communities & our planet. ✊
The IAWP delegates have something to say: A Just Transition is Non-Negotiable! ♻️✊🌍
#JustTransition #NoWastePickersNoJustice #IAWP
#JustTransition #NoWastePickersNoJustice #IAWP
August 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The IAWP delegates have something to say: A Just Transition is Non-Negotiable! ♻️✊🌍
#JustTransition #NoWastePickersNoJustice #IAWP
#JustTransition #NoWastePickersNoJustice #IAWP