On June 7 this year, World Environment Day concentrated on resolving plastic pollution.
In it, a notification for plastic is a way of promoting equitable change towards the economy and in a clear future, the role of garbage selection has been recognized whose communities live their lives in society.
Christian J Brian receives a list of schools, restaurants and shopping malls in Batangas City, Philippines. Their job is – every place is going to collect re -celebrity items, which contains a lot of plastic waste. Then they bring this waste and pick up and weigh it.
Christian Briens, Garbage Selection Group -Sine Hosco Landfill Landfill Multipurpose Co -operatives co -operative. He says that this work is challenging, but very satisfactory.
“We know that we are contributing to the environment not only for our own benefit, but also for other people.”
Environmental threat
Bryan is one of the 2 million people who pick and sell garbage worldwide to earn income for their lives. This waste also includes plastic, which is constantly becoming an environmental threat according to experts.
There are usually no formal reuse and re -cycling systems in developing countries. There are garbage selection that stands in the first line of effort to deal with plastic pollution.
Tonda, head of the UN Environmental Program (UNEP) Resource and Market Branch, said, “Informal waste selection of many developing countries plays an important role in plastic waste management.”
“The success of the global struggle against plastic pollution depends on our collective commitment, so that no one falls behind and the garbage selection is included to solve plastic pollution.”
In 2021 itself, humanity earned an estimated 1 million tonnes of plastic waste, increasing the crisis of plastic pollution. According to experts, it damages the fine ecosystem and creates a potential health risk from the harmful chemicals and pollutants present in plastic such as microplastic.
According to a survey, people like informal or part of a group contribute to about 60 percent of the worldwide plastic waste selection.
However, often these garbage selectors are deprived of employment rights and are deprived of health insurance facilities. Experts say that it is a major problem for a region where injury or infection is common when picking garbage.
Mostafai Kamal Guy, director of the Action Program on Justice Change of the International Labor Organization (ILO), says, “It is important to move on to the employment of the garbage selection and to employ the employment of the garbage selection – which includes the right to work, a safe and healthy environment.
There is no one behind the change of justice. It includes millions of people and staff who have chosen garbage, whose work helps in cycling systems worldwide. “
Examples
Cooperative societies like San José Sicho are being considered as an ideal example for this fair change. There are 500 members in this organization, who get vacation with regular income, accident insurance and full wages while being ill.
Brian says he is grateful for this job, “Some people can consider our work to be dirty or unpleasant, but we consider their opinion better.”
After his father’s heart attack, Brian joined the cooperative squad to maintain his family. “With this work, I have been able to build my own home with this work. Even though this house is small, I can take care of my family, father and ensure good education for my children”.
Many countries are considering the formation of this national law, which can also sell plastic products in the market and entrust them to manage these products. In such cases, garbage selection can play an important role in the management of these broad productive responsibility projects.
San Hussein Landfill Cooperative Manager Sherill Hernandez participated in a study by UNEP-neglected sea notification, which was created to prevent marine plastic pollution through the International Development Cooperation Agency of Sweden. “The manufacturers will finally look for those who can work and what is the ability to work, it is clear that this power is in the garbage workers.”
UNEP’s Allisa Tonda says, “Since the world is looking for a way to end plastic pollution, millions of garbage selection is being published as a strong colleague. They will be encouraged to continue their work by recognizing the role of garbage selection to achieve this goal and support their families.”
This article was first published here.