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Waste pickers battle for recognition at plastic treaty talks
As diplomats negotiate behind closed doors in Busan on a treaty to curb plastic pollution, the waste pickers who are on the front lines of the problem are fighting for recognition. Waste picker ...
Waste pickers receive financial injection
A recent R10 000 donation to groundWork and the South African Waste Pickers Association (SAWPA), by the IIE-Vega School ...
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Meet Krishna, a waste collector, an entrepreneur, and a champion of change in his community
In the city, the traditional bone pickers became part of an informal community of waste pickers in a job that did not bring in a stable income much less offer them dignity or respect. Tears well ...
How America Became The World’s Trash Leader
America leads the world in producing more trash than it knows what do with — running out of landfills by 2036.
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Winter storm delays trash pickup: Here’s when services will resume
After ice and snow covered the Lowcountry, many government agencies halted operations and garbage collection due to icy ...
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Recycling for a Change
link in Brazil’s waste management chain—waste picker cooperatives. Testing the program’s merits in Brazil’s largest waste producer, São Paulo, has produced rapid improvements in ...
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Concern group says Hong Kong waste-charging scheme could be costly for city’s elderly recycling scavengers
Pushing a metal cart, a 72-year-old waste picker surnamed Poon scavenges around her neighbourhood in the North District, gathering cardboard and polystyrene boxes from wet markets and restaurants ...