For the study, the researchers from Hasiru Dala identified the landfill type and then calculated the avoided emissions from the disposal sites. Thereafter, they calculated the avoided emissions due to substitution of raw materials through recycling and the contributed emissions from transportation practices of DWCC in collecting dry waste. Lastly, the avoided emissions due to less energy-intensive sorting or preprocessing were calculated.
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According to Pris Polly Lengkong, chairman of the Indonesian Waste Pickers Union (Ikatan Pemulung Indonesia, or IPI), which aims to provide a voice for the millions of informal workers in the (.)
Fiji becomes first Pacific nation to recognise waste pickers as the world's invisible environmentalists fight to be seenTikitoro's children are often made fun of and her family faces stigma and harassment daily because of her work.For two years, she has provided for her family by sorting through rubbish to find materials that can be resold or