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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South Africa’s response to COVID-19 worsens the plight of waste reclaimers | The Conversation
South Africa's response to COVID-19 worsens the plight of waste reclaimers: An unemployed man in Diepsloot, Johannesburg, collects trash for resale before South Africa went into a Covid-19 lockdown. EFE-EPA/Kim LudbrookLockdowns to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus are dramatically transforming people’s daily lives across the world. One thing that remains unchanged … [Read more...] about South Africa’s response to COVID-19 worsens the plight of waste reclaimers | The Conversation
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
SA Packaging And Plastics Industries Applaud Minister’s Decision To Develop Industry-Managed Waste Management Plan
SA Packaging And Plastics Industries Applaud Minister’s Decision To Develop Industry-Managed Waste Management Plan: Johannesburg: The plastics and packaging industries of South Africa, represented by Packaging SA and Plastics SA, have both welcomed the announcement made by Ms Barbara Creecy, Minister of Environment¬¬, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) to scrap the existing Section … [Read more...] about SA Packaging And Plastics Industries Applaud Minister’s Decision To Develop Industry-Managed Waste Management Plan
Medical waste offers insights into South Africa’s use of pharmaceuticals | The Conversation
Medical waste offers insights into South Africa's use of pharmaceuticals: The analgesic Grand-pa is among the most common pharmatrash in this study. Rebecca HodesMuch of what we know about human history comes from studying things that have been discarded. The archaeology of dumpsites and middens has long informed us about societies and their pasts. This has included how people … [Read more...] about Medical waste offers insights into South Africa’s use of pharmaceuticals | The Conversation
