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Frank Ferro reports on waste pickers for the South African Broadcasting Coporation

Posted on 03/06/2018
By Commonwealth Foundation

The South African Broadcasting Corporation’s segment documents the impact of privatisation of recycling on the waste picker community in South Africa and provides an illuminating discussion on how the waste picker community are treated in society.

 

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Improving the environment and the livelihoods of waste pickers

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