Project name

Location

Europe

Project Partner

The African Reclaimers Organisation

Project Manager

Mantoa Khoali

Project milestones

8,108

tonnes

Amount of plastic waste collected and diverted to managed streams for valorisation*

8,102

tonnes

Amountof plastic waste valorised*

8

organisations

Number of organisations engaged in 2023

46

informal workers

Number of workers benefitting from improved income, working conditions and/or social benefits*

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In Johannesburg, many live by the scraps they earn from picking waste. It is a thankless, hard and dangerous lifestyle. The African Reclaimers Organisation (ARO), an organisation formed to unite informal waste workers, is working hard to change this narrative. Through the support of the Alliance, ARO has launched initiatives to make informal waste picking more dignified, safer and sustainable.