Baca Juga: Metode Biowash-Promic Kelola Sampah Jadi Pupuk dan Media Tanam dalam Sekejap

• Recognise the occupation of waste-pickers and recognise waste-pickers’ right to access waste.
• Waste-pickers should be paid fair and better prices for recovering and reclaiming recyclable and reusable materials.
• Affordable, comfortable and quality housing for all waste-pickers and their families.
• Government should give waste management tenders to waste-pickers, run enterprises and organizations.
• Health and life insurance for all waste-pickers and their families.
• The dumpsites should not be closed before providing sustainable and regularised livelihood opportunities to waste-pickers.

As part of the week’s activities, waste pickers also visited the Dandora dumpsite, which covers approximately 70 acres, and is the destination of about 1,100 tonnes of solid waste generated daily by Nairobi’s population. The dumpsite sustains the livelihoods of approximately 3,000 waste picker families. They recover plastic, food, clothes, paper and bottles that they can sell for much-needed income. “One of our biggest challenges here is access to health and access to education” says Winnye and Joyce, National Organizing Secretaries of Kenyan National Waste Pickers Welfare Association (KENAWPWA).