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High time to address occupational
hazards of waste pickers |
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International Waste Pickers’ Day is celebrated on the first of March every year in memory of the Colombia massacre, where 11 workers were brutally murdered at the University of Barranquilla. For the past 21 years since this tragic event, this day has been remembered to show solidarity with waste pickers for their struggles and hardships.
For the past several decades, waste pickers and informal recyclers have continued fighting for recognition of their work. They are a critical workforce, potentially contributing to achieving higher recycling rates in developing economies based on the principles of a circular economy.
However, they continue to be subjected to systemic marginalisation economically and socially and face various socio-economic vulnerabilities and remain at the receiving end when it comes to the ill impacts of informal waste collection and treatment...
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