The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a union of waste picker organizations representing more than 460,000 workers across 34 countries. www.linktr.ee/globalrec_orghttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mwr6zewnt22jThere is no recycling without waste pickers, and no reuse without us either ♻️ Our compañera Martha Elena Iglesias (ANR Colombia) presents IAWP's position on reuse at Medellín Climate Week 🇨🇴 Reuse must be built with waste pickers at the centre ✊🏽30 Sep 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwr6zewnt22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mwehjapfxs2s📣 Montréal, Sept 30! Join waste pickers and fellow workers at Coop Les Valoristes for a depot tour and a conversation on organising across borders! ♻️✊ 🕕 6:15 pm | 📍 505 de Maisonneuve E, door 10 📲 Limited spots! Register by Sept 27 via the flyer’s QR code.25 Sep 2026 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwehjapfxs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mw56h2akos23♻️ IAWP President Severino Lima Jr visited SWaCH, a cooperative of 4,000 waste pickers in Pune: municipal collection, composting, recycling and reuse. 150 waste pickers met to defend the SWaCH model and demand a Just Transition. There is no recycling without waste pickers.22 Sep 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw56h2akos23https://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mvt22ibji22k✊ IAWP Response to the Chair's Aid to Negotiation The plastics treaty is being written now, and we want a MANDATORY Just Transition: a clear definition of waste pickers and real recognition for the 500,000+ organised waste pickers in 38 countries. 🌍 #PlasticsTreaty18 Sep 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvt22ibji22khttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mvsza7rphk2k👕 NEW STUDY: Textile Reuse in Kenya In Nairobi's Gikomba market, waste pickers sort, resell and upcycle second-hand clothing, often for less than a living wage. Our study maps their work and a path to fair pay under Kenya's new EPR rules. 🇰🇪 #WastePickers #Mitumba18 Sep 2026 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsza7rphk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mvsxzsyrwk2kWaste pickers deliver climate action every day, yet their work remains unseen and unsupported. At Climate Week in Baku, COP31 High-Level Champion Samed Ağırbaş called for their recognition and access to climate finance. Fair Ton makes that work visible. #WastePickers #FairTon18 Sep 2026 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsxzsyrwk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mv43cwayyk2m"They know that the work of waste pickers has an impact on climate mitigation." Maddie, treasurer of IAWP, day one at Climate Week. Member states said it themselves. Without being pushed. There is no recycling without waste pickers. #ClimateWeek #WastePickers09 Sep 2026 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv43cwayyk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3muhnxrj7fk2y♻️ Waste pickers cut methane every single day. Now that work gets counted. FAIR TON: Making Waste Pickers' Climate Action Count 📍 Climate Week 4, Baku | Room A2, Baku Convention Center 🗓️ 10 Sept 2026, 14:00 to 15:30 AZT 🤝 Hosted by the @UNFCCC secretariat There is no recycling without waste pickers01 Sep 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhnxrj7fk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mu3oxfpqus2fOur comrades in Turkey have joined their struggle to our grief for the waste pickers who died at the Dar es Salam landfill in Guinea. Racism and exploitation reach the most vulnerable workers first. An injury to one of us is an injury to all.27 Aug 2026 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3oxfpqus2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mttzbdxz3225At least 30 people died in the landslide at the Dar es Salaam landfill, Conakry, on 22 August. Among them, waste pickers and five children of the same mother. The second collapse there since 2019. Not a natural disaster. Comrades in Guinea: you are not alone.24 Aug 2026 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttzbdxz3225https://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mtkhyztg522iThere is no recycling without waste pickers. At the RSI Brazil launch, autonomous waste pickers were clear: fair pay, not charity. Formalization that protects the rights they already have. Safe conditions. Real data. Recycling systems designed without them do not work. ♻️21 Aug 2026 00:12 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkhyztg522ihttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mtcnt2eimc2y📢 The IAWP stands with the cartoneros and cartoneras of Buenos Aires ♻️ New service contracts could hand the recycling system to private companies and push out the cooperatives that built it, putting 7,000+ families at risk. There is no recycling without waste pickers 🌍👇17 Aug 2026 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcnt2eimc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mt2us77qy22o🚨 Recycling in Buenos Aires is under threat. 6,500 cartoneros built this system through 25 years of struggle. Privatisation without waste pickers is dispossession. IAWP stands with FACCyR. Their struggle is our struggle. ✊🌍14 Aug 2026 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2us77qy22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3msvt54npps2l✊ 100 waste pickers from every province of South Africa came together to elect SAWPA's new leadership, with an executive council representing all provinces. Supported by groundWorkSA. Built by waste pickers, for waste pickers ♻️ #WastePickers #SAWPA #JustTransition12 Aug 2026 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvt54npps2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3msteuelotc2zWith our compañero Luis Hernando Polindara of ANR Colombia, who has lost his wife and his son. From waste pickers around the world: you do not carry this alone. 🖤11 Aug 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3msteuelotc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mrxpeswkl22u🎉 Historic day for waste pickers in Ghana! 🇬🇭♻️ Today in Accra, GAYO and its partners launch the National Informal Waste Worker Union—a major step toward recognition, representation, and dignity for informal waste workers. ✊🌍 IAWP will share a solidarity message. 💚 #WastePickers #Ghana #IAWP31 Jul 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxpeswkl22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mrptrv4wkk2aMontreal wants Les Valoristes Coopérative to move by end of October for student housing. ♻️ For waste pickers it is more than a drop-off point: an accessible, communal space built on dignity. Permanent infrastructure is not a favour. ✊ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.726632628 Jul 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrptrv4wkk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mr6m5l6on22o🚨 We condemn the destruction of waste pickers' recyclables and the detention of workers in Lagos, Nigeria♻️ ✊ In full solidarity with ASWOL, we demand the release of those detained, an investigation, and fair compensation. 📲 Read the full statement 👉 scan the QR.21 Jul 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6m5l6on22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mqaootysys2gWe visited the storage spaces of Mbarete, an association of 28 women waste pickers in Asunción, Paraguay. They sustain recycling in their city without adequate working conditions. Waste pickers hold up recycling. It is time recycling holds them up too.09 Jul 2026 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqaootysys2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mq3aebaiqk2f♻️🤝 Waste pickers building power across borders. In coord. with the Municipality of Asunción, we met with leaders of Cateura's 3 associations (Asotragarma, Asotrabermu, Sigren, 454 recyclers) to exchange experiences with Argentina's FACCyR, supporting Cateura's first waste picker cooperative. 🇵🇾🇦🇷✊07 Jul 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3aebaiqk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mq335qbz3k2f📢♻️ New report: Designing Reuse for Justice Waste picker-led reuse systems from India, by Lakshmi Narayan. From refill solutions to thrift stores, the case for centring waste pickers in reuse design. 📲 Scan the QR to read (EN) A production of IAWP & Kashtakari Panchayat 🌍07 Jul 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq335qbz3k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mp2enqodgs2y🌍♻️ Waste pickers must be at the center of any just transition on plastics. IAWP joined global discussions at the University of St Andrews on sustainable plastic waste management, bringing frontline worker perspectives into the debate. ✊ #WastePickers #JustTransition #PlasticTreaty https://wastepickersinternational.org/blog/workshop-with-participation-of-iawp-brings-together-global-perspectives-on-just-and-sustainable-plastic-waste-management/24 Jun 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2enqodgs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3moletnlhck2r“For the first time, we participate here with our credentials as the International Alliance of Waste Pickers.” ♻️✊ A historic moment for waste pickers at the 114th ILC.18 Jun 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3moletnlhck2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mnxdwbkcy227🌎♻️ ¡Estamos contratando! La IAWP busca Coordinador/a Regional para América Latina y el Caribe. 📩 Postulá enviando tu CV a los correos de la imagen o escaneando el QR.10 Jun 2026 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxdwbkcy227https://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mnv3a3urak2v♻️🤝 During the Zero Waste Forum in Türkiye, the GAIA and IAWP delegations visited our affiliate IGDID. 🗣️ Ali Mendillioğlu: “Our fight is not only for our economic gain. Unless we're fighting against capitalism, they will continue to exploit our bodies, insult our women, and oppress minorities.”09 Jun 2026 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnv3a3urak2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mnn5g3vdj22o♻️✊ A new week of mobilization begins. From June 7–11, waste pickers across Brazil will organize, mobilize, and celebrate 25 years of struggle. Together with MNCR, Ancat, Unicatadores, and allies, the IAWP stands with waste pickers fighting for recognition, rights, and a just future.06 Jun 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnn5g3vdj22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mmrfmvqp7k2oOn #AfricaDay, the International Alliance of Waste Pickers and @gaiazerowaste.bsky.social draw attention to a simple truth: when waste pickers are included in organic waste systems, communities and the climate both win. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 May 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrfmvqp7k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/globalrec.bsky.social/post/3mm77chix4k25♻️ Waste pickers in Ecuador are building powerful systems of reuse beyond recycling through repair, resale, and community recovery 🌎✊ New research with RENAREC Ecuador, GIZ & University of St Andrews 💚 📘 Available in English & Spanish!19 May 2026 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:gfynou4pdijy76ar7fzvbaxw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm77chix4k25