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Urban Surfer's Sifiso Gumbi on Organizing South Africa's Recycling System

Earth911.com: Sustainability In Your Ear by Earth911.com

Jun 15, 202648:08Science & Medicine

In South Africa, informal waste pickers recover between 80% and 90% of all plastic and paper that actually gets recycled. There are about 140,000 of these reclaimers, who walk through cities and landfills, pulling trolle...

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Urban Surfer's Sifiso Gumbi on Organizing South Africa's Recycling System is an episode from Earth911.com: Sustainability In Your Ear by Earth911.com. In South Africa, informal waste pickers recover between 80% and 90% of all plastic and pa...

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Published Jun 15, 2026, 48:08 long, audio available.

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