Waste Pickers Risk Their Lives to Stop Plastic Pollution – Now They’re Shaping Recycling Policies

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Takeaways:

  • Waste pickers collect and recover up to 60% of all plastics for recycling.
  • A new global plastics treaty aims to put waste pickers at the centre of its strategy to curb plastic use.
  • They are asking to be involved in how plastic waste and recycling policies are designed and implemented within countries and internationally.

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