Urban waste pickers In many cities, waste pickers collect, sort and sell discarded materials like plastic, metal and paper for recycling or reuse. While waste pickers are more common in the cities of ...

When Kenya recently joined the rest of the world in commemorating the International Waste Pickers Day on March 1, it was not lost on players that despite the vital role waste pickers play in ...

You can smell the Dandora Dumpsite before you see it. The bitter scent of burning plastic, the rot of decaying food, and the unmistakable smell of raw sewage all waft their way through the streets ...

Goodbye New START: How China’s Rise Ended Nuclear Arms Control Our environment and economies are increasingly being impacted by the converging crises of growing inequality, plastic pollution, and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Dozens of Colombian ...