Plastics Industry Shows Its Support For Waste Pickers During COVID-19 Lockdown: South Africa has close to 60 000i waste pickers who play a substantial role in the country’s waste management industry. As part of the country’s informal waste sector, they help recover recyclables from household waste streams, as well as waste materials sent to landfill sites. With the country in a … [Read more...] about Plastics Industry Shows Its Support For Waste Pickers During COVID-19 Lockdown
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How waste pickers in the global South are being sidelined by new policies | The Conversation
How waste pickers in the global South are being sidelined by new policies: Waste pickers are increasingly taking action to oppose policies that exclude them from their source of livelihood. Swampa (South African Waste Pickers Association) The world is producing more and more waste, with serious health and environmental consequences. In urban areas, domestic waste is … [Read more...] about How waste pickers in the global South are being sidelined by new policies | The Conversation
Living off trash: South Africa’s waste pickers reclaim the streets
Living off trash: South Africa's waste pickers reclaim the streets: Johannesburg in the news: Living off trash: South Africa's waste pickers reclaim the streets: JOHANNESBURG, May 31 — In the shadows of the high-rise offices in Johannesburg's wealthy Sandton district, Thembekile Mokoena concealed her … – Google Alert – Johannesburg SAHRC condemns … [Read more...] about Living off trash: South Africa’s waste pickers reclaim the streets
