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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