Workers who recover recyclable products and materials from public spaces, open dumpsites, landfills or from waste generators in an informal or semi-formal capacity, as own-account workers, or in cooperative settings. Waste pickers (including informal waste collectors) sell the recovered items and materials to intermediate or apex traders or drop them at formal or informal collection points. Source: Definition has been discussed and agreed between UNEP, UN-HABITAT, WIEGO and is an evolution of the UN Habitat definition of waste pickers and waste collectors, as well as the definition included in the constitution of the International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP).