South Korea, one of the world's major plastic consumers per capita, is using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to tackle plastic pollution, which is playing an increasingly important role in ...
Waste pickers battle for recognition at plastic treaty talks As diplomats negotiate behind closed doors in Busan on a treaty to curb plastic pollution, the waste pickers who are on the front lines of ...
a group of recycling waste workers known as Catadores prepared bales of discarded plastic for transport. As the group of mostly women worked, they spoke humbly of how important their work is to ...