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Program to address welfare of Kenyan waste pickers starts

Community of waste pickers at work in one of the dumpsites in Ngong, Kajiado county. [David Njaaga, Standard]

A program to address the welfare and human rights of waste pickers is likely to improve the quality of their lives in the coming years.

Responsible Sourcing Initiative, by The Circulate Initiative, a non-profit organization dedicated to solving the ocean plastic pollution challenge in emerging markets, is now in Kenya: having previously been launched in India, Indonesia and Vietnam.

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