GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY MUST NOT LEAVE WORKERS BEHIND

December 16, 2022 00:04:25
GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY MUST NOT LEAVE WORKERS BEHIND
Solidarity Center
GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY MUST NOT LEAVE WORKERS BEHIND

Dec 16 2022 | 00:04:25

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Show Notes

  Workers in the informal waste and recovery sector (IWRS)—such as collectors, traders and waste pickers—help recycle almost 60 percent of the world’s plastic waste and, in some countries, provide the only form of municipal solid waste collection. This service financially supports millions of workers who are already facing social marginalization, poverty, appalling working conditions […]

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