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"Waste Pickers Risk Their Lives To Stop Plastic Pollution"

"Globally, waste pickers are responsible for collecting and recovering—from homes, businesses and landfills—up to 60% of all plastics which are then recycled. These workers do more than any other people to prevent plastic contaminating the environment, yet their work is rarely valued and they struggle to earn a decent living."

Source: The Conversation, 12/02/2022

"California's Water Thieves Are Getting Away With It"

"It’s not easy enforcing water regulations in the West. Just ask the officials in California who have been trying for almost a decade to penalize a man who took water from the river system that feeds San Francisco and bottled it for sale to stores like Starbucks."

Source: Grist, 12/02/2022

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