Istanbul Recycling Workers' Association (Geri Donusum Iscileri Dernegi)
Waste & RecyclingIstanbul's Recycling Workers Trade Hand Carts for ID Cards
Istanbul's recycling workers, who by the president's account collect 80 percent of Turkey's household waste, have organised their own association and are now issuing members ID cards and numbered depots under municipal rules.
87membersAssociation members listed by the International Alliance of Waste Pickers
1,500workers (estimate)Independent recycling workers around Kadikoy, estimated by association president