Lagos has a waste problem that can be tackled by adopting a sustainable waste management policy that considers income brackets.
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Waste pickers want a say in how policies are designed and implemented.
Employing children as waste pickers lowers costs but exposes them to hazards.
Lagos waste pickers were dissatisfied with their unhealthy working conditions, poverty and stigmatisation.
In South Africa, the work of ensuring plastic bottles are recycled lies with consumers and volunteers instead of the large industry polluters.
Waste reclaimers save South African municipalities up to R748 million a year in landfill space. Without them, the country’s recycling economy would not exist.
Two billion people worldwide lack a dedicated system of waste collection and management.
Waste management should be treated as an essential service, and in Nigeria that means recognising informal workers.
The clock is ticking: in the absence of government support, not being able to work means waste reclaimers don’t have money to buy food.
Waste, once freely available to the poor, is being appropriated for business purposes.
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Johannesburg
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Researcher in ecological economics and political ecology at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Research Fellow in Circular Economy Systems, University of Leeds
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Visiting Researcher at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB) and PhD student in Social Sciences at PUCRS, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS)
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Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria, Olabisi Onabanjo University
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UKRI Future Leader Fellow, University of St Andrews
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Lecturer in Resource Efficiency Systems, University of Leeds
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Professor of Environmental Management & Sustainability, University of Nigeria
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PhD candidate, Meteorologist, University of Nigeria
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Research Fellow, Royal Holloway University of London
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Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria, Olabisi Onabanjo University
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Waste Pickers Global Coordinator, WIEGO & Lecturer in Architecture, Design and Urbanism, Universidad de la República Uruguay
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Researcher, Technical University Braunschweig
