Waste pickers at work, Nemato dumpsite

Waste pickers work the mounds of the Nemato dumpsite outside Port Alfred, figures soft-focused beyond a foreground of discarded packaging. Informal reclaimers recover much of what gets recycled in South Africa, largely unrecognised and unprotected.

Sustainable Development Goals

11. Sustainable Cities and Communities 12. Responsible Consumption and Production

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dumpsite eastern cape informal recycling landfill nemato port alfred reclaimers waste waste pickers

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