TECH Mr Green Africa Wants To End The Exploitation Of Waste Pickers

The staff of Mr Green Africa posing with bagged plastic (Photo credit: mrgreenafrica.com)

From Egypt to South Africa to Kenya to Nigeria, waste management is a huge problem that the governments of all African regions are still trying to contain. Usually, waste pickers find themselves at the center of most government and private sector interventions towards solving the problem. Sadly, their efforts are usually exploited and they go home with only a meager wage. Mr Green Africa is changing the narrative by purchasing directly from the waste pickers.

To slow down the proliferation of waste, most societies encourage Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Consequently, they reduce the production of products that cause pollution, reuse the products already in circulation, and recycle, when possible, to give nature ample space to regenerate. To this effect, most countries have banned single-use plastics.