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- Agbogbloshie: Ghana's 'trash world' may be an eyesore - but it's no dump
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2015
Most accounts of Agbogbloshie, the e-waste site in Accra, Ghana, persistently miss the point. Far from being a simple 'dump' for the world's trash, it is a huge recycling operation that pays for the wastes it receives, employs thousands of young men who would otherwise lack jobs, and plays a huge role in the national and global economy.
- Cairo puts its faith in ragpickers to manage the city's waste problem.
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2013
Egyptian Christian minority with tradition of turning a profit from recycling given official role in city's waste processing.
- UK exporting 67% of plastic waste amid 'illegal practices' warnings
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2017
Britain's trade in waste plastic to the Far East is booming. The exported plastic is meant to be recycled under UK conditions and standards, but often is not, undermining bona fide UK recycling firms who face falling prices, reduced turnover, collapsing profits, and all too often, closure.
- Word for Word
Resource Type: Article
Negative effects of public waste reduction policies.
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