I’ve worked with plastic recycling in West Africa at one factory, and just sorting plastic waste by hand is a decent job for a few dozen marginalized women because it demand real human level work.
lots of waste are toxic and you get skin rashes if you touch it because it’s toxic. also fumes, smell etc.
The women sorting plastic are all outside, 150m from the re-peletization machines. They’re the only ones with a job that isn’t knee-deep in carcinogens.
lots of waste are toxic and you get skin rashes if you touch it because it’s toxic. also fumes, smell etc.
i would not call these “decent jobs” TBH
The women sorting plastic are all outside, 150m from the re-peletization machines. They’re the only ones with a job that isn’t knee-deep in carcinogens.