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Bangladesh Waste Pickers Union (BWPU)

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Dhaka's Landfill Pickers Organise a Union of Their Own

Waste & Recycling

🇧🇩 Bangladesh

Dumpsite pickers around Dhaka's Matuail landfill, led by women, have formed a union demanding to be legally recognised as environmental workers.

2,286membersUnion members listed by the International Alliance of Waste Pickers (1,723 women)
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