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Stay up to date with the latest developments from the global waste pickers' movement- announcements, campaigns, achievements, struggles and key updates from our union.
Collective Political Statement on Dumpsite Closures
March 9, 2026
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Indonesian Waste Pickers call for the International Solidarity
March 23, 2025
Affiliates of the International Alliance of Waste Pickers Mark Waste Pickers Day Around the World
March 3, 2025
International Waste Pickers Day- 1st March 2025 Message
February 27, 2025
Call for Applications: Hiring of Communications Manager
January 13, 2025
New General Secretary Appointed by International Alliance of Waste Pickers
July 2, 2024
Congress Day 5: Advocacy Day
May 6, 2024
Congress Day 4: Field visits
May 6, 2024
Congress Day 3: Approval of resolutions and presentation at the CGT
May 4, 2024
Second day of Congress: IAWP conducts its first elections
May 3, 2024
First day of Congress: March for International Workers Day and opening plenary
May 2, 2024
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Resolution 9: on Strengthening the Recycling Movement and Associativity.
Bridging The Gap: Designing Extended Producer Responsibility Frameworks to Accommodate and Advance Waste Pickers in the Global South
Integrating The Informal Sector for a Stronger Repair Economy
Resolution 8: to Support national registration of waste pickers organizations as trade unions
Resolution 7: on Political Independence.
Resolution 6: on Economic Independence of the IAWP
Resolution 5: on the Just Transition for the Right to Decent and Recognized Work, JT for International Campaign to Promote Integration in Waste Management and Strong Social Safety Net
Resolution 4: on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
Resolution 3: on Child Labour
Resolution 2: on the Rights of Women Recyclers
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