Informal waste reclaimers have spoken of the dire straits they are facing after being forced to stay home as non-essential workers during the Covid-19 national lockdown. This has left them and their families unsure of where their next meal will...
The Covid-19 lockdown plight of reclaimers in Sasolburg’s Vaalpark has been eased recently thanks to the donation of food vouchers by national PET plastic recycling body PETCO and the South African Waste Pickers Association to 240 families. The...
The recycling industry has ground to a halt under lockdown. It has left those who recycle waste materials without their hard-earned income. The sector isn’t regarded as an essential service, although many might disagree. But the so-called...
The government is looking at providing some sort of relief to waste pickers, who have been left without a livelihood since the national lockdown began. Minister of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries, Barbara Creecy, said waste...
