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Waste pickers at Kpone Landfill in Accra, Ghana remove almost 800 tonnes of recyclable material from the landfill annually. Image: Dean Saffron for WIEGO
Kristin Hughes
Director, Global Plastic Action Partnership, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum Geneva
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