Because waste pickers go through trash and leave behind everything without value, they know better than anyone which plastics should be eliminated.
- Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Johannesburg
Waste reclaimers save South African municipalities up to R748 million a year in landfill space. Without them, the country’s recycling economy would not exist.
The clock is ticking: in the absence of government support, not being able to work means waste reclaimers don’t have money to buy food.
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