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informal waste pickers

A linchpin of SA’s recycling economy, informal waste pickers should be integrated into the mainstream economy

South Africa

A linchpin of SA’s recycling economy, informal waste pickers should be integrated into the mainstream economy

By Michelle Banda

Informal waste collection is not the silver bullet for plastic polluters

South Africa

Informal waste collection is not the silver bullet for plastic polluters

By Teresa Sandra Perez

Evicted Tshwane waste pickers say they now have no means of making a living

South Africa

Evicted Tshwane waste pickers say they now have no means of making a living

By Michelle Banda

Not so fast: City of Tshwane briefly retreats as Mushroomville waste pickers hold ground over forced removal court order non-compliance

South Africa

Not so fast: City of Tshwane briefly retreats as Mushroomville waste pickers hold ground over forced removal court order non-compliance

By Michelle Banda

‘The river people’: City of Tshwane to evict more than 180 Mushroomville community waste pickers

South Africa

‘The river people’: City of Tshwane to evict more than 180 Mushroomville community waste pickers

By Michelle Banda