Relief plan set up for waste pickers during lockdown
The local packaging industry including Packaging SA, Mpact and Fibre Circle has offered financial support worth R785,000 to assist waste pickers
13 April 2020 - 17:27
The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries has teamed up with the packaging industry to provide food vouchers to waste reclaimers, to cushion them from the hardships brought by the national lockdown.
The local packaging industry including Packaging SA, Mpact and Fibre Circle has offered financial support worth R785,000 to assist waste pickers during the lockdown period, which has been extended until end of April...
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