Empowering the unseen eco-warriors of South-east Asia
Informal waste workers in the region need more money, better equipment and more support
THEY are mobilised before dawn.
Found across South-east Asia, this army’s weapons consist of bags and baskets. Protective gear might include broad straw hats and cloth face masks. There are no tanks or transport vehicles – only bicycles or their own two feet.
This contingent, ill-equipped as it is, may well be the elite fighting force needed to win the war on waste, and efforts are underway to give it the tools to succeed.
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