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In the heart of Nairobi’s sprawling Dandora dumpsite, a powerful narrative is brought to life through Greenpeace Africa’s ...
Dozens of Colombian waste pickers inundated Bogota’s iconic Bolivar Square with about 15 tons of recyclable goods Tuesday to ...
The Heavy Picker 4.0 is a multipurpose waste sorting robot that can handle bulky materials such as wood, metal, plastic and cardboard. It is capable of sorting items weighing up to 88 pounds each ...
Alliance – of which metal packaging PRO MetPac-SA is an active member – has been restructured into five strategic pillars: ...
Member states of the U.N. Environment Assembly are in charge of developing the treaty, so in their quest for a just transition, that’s who waste pickers and their advocates need to get on board.
Mella, the waste picker from Chile, said the idea that petrochemical companies support waste pickers is “laughable.” “It’s super nice and super interesting for them to say, ...
The poem that raises uncomfortable questions is written by Poornima Chikarmane, who has long worked with Pune’s waste picker community. Chikarmane and Lakshmi Narayanan, who have conceptualised ...
Following efforts by waste picker organisations, the regulations were amended in May 2021, ordering waste pickers to be paid for their services from November 2022.
Kolhapur: A waste picker on Wednesday returned a gold chain worth Rs 8.30 lakh to its rightful owner after finding it in a bag of nirmalya immersed at the Sangam ghat on Sept 7. The wife of ...
While informal settlements are most vulnerable to climate effects like urban flooding, solutions often are limited. Hasiru ...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Dozens of Colombian waste pickers inundated Bogota’s iconic Bolivar Square with about 15 tons of recyclable goods Tuesday to protest decreasing income and tougher ...
There are two main waste picker organisations: ARO, and theSouth African Waste Pickers Association (SAWPA). Kodisang said they have acombined membership of nearly 8,650 waste pickers who are ...