Integrating waste pickers into circular and inclusive value chains reflects a significant progressive step towards a more socially equitable, thriving world.
The average waste picker collects anywhere between 60 and 90 kgs of waste a day, over 8 to 10 hours.
Despite forming the foundation of the waste management ecosystem, they are vastly undervalued and overlooked.
Waste pickers endure health hazards (from exposure to biomedical waste to various bacterial and viral diseases, alongside anemia and malnutrition)
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