INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF WASTE PICKERS

The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a union of waste picker organizations representing more than 460,000 workers across 34 countries
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November 25, 2011


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Flocks of birds were circling overhead when we visited one of the four largest landfills in Pretoria, the executive capital of South Africa. We watched as they made sudden occasional dives into the piles of garbage for worms or bits of food.

Actually, these feathered creatures were not the only ones obtaining a meal or making a living out of the mountains of rubbish …  Read more

Tzu Chi, Recycling in South Africa