Scavenging waste-pickers earn R120-a-day

Andrew Martinusen, executive director of the South African Packaging Council, released the figures at a workshop hosted by the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa.

He says that waste-picking offered jobless people a means to earn a living in an industry that is worth about R10-billion a year and still growing. He says that pickers earn about R120-a-day.

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