Plastics treaty talks are seeing, for the first time in global negotiations, countries advocating for safer work and help for recycling workers who collect materials on streets or landfills.
The first round of plastic treaty negotiations saw positive outcomes but oil producing countries, at the behest of big oil and petrochemical companies, could dominate the treaty discussions
Waste pickers are seeking to be allowed to return to the Msunduzi municipality landfill site or face a bleak Christmas without an income they generate at the site.