Back Campinas Reciclamp cooperative network
Reciclamp is a second-degree cooperative in Campinas that bundles four catador groups for joint sales, logistics, and training. Worker-owners gain social security coverage, holiday pay, and stronger prices for recyclables.
What you can do in Campinas
- Read how Coleta Seletiva Solidária puts catadores in the lead (Reciclamp programme)
- Contract pickup for your building or business through the central desk at Rua Dr. Costa Aguiar
- Visit member cooperatives Antônio da Costa Santos, São Bernardo, Unidos da Vitória, or Projeto Reciclar
- Ask about environmental education and occupational health support for associated groups
How to join
Businesses and condominiums negotiate service through Reciclamp contact channels. Households can align with building-level contracts or deliver clean separated material as agreed with the cooperative.
Why it matters in Campinas
Collective bargaining stopped a race to the bottom on scrap prices and funded trucks, PPE, and office staff shared across four groups. Campinas keeps more material out of landfill while wages stay inside worker cooperatives. Find more community projects in Campinas.
Good to know
- When did the central form? Reciclamp formalised in September 2008 after a CRCA incubation project with Petrobras support.
- How many groups belong today? Four member cooperatives feed about eighty percent of sales through the shared commercial desk.
- What does solidarity collection mean? The network rejects precarious street picking as the only option and signs formal service contracts with clients.
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Source: Reciclamp. Details checked: 2026-10-23.
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