Waste pickers likely to suffer under scrap metal export ban
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30 November 2022 - 19:13
Waste pickers, who are the backbone of the recycling industry, will be hit the hardest by the government’s six-month ban on the export of scrap metal.
The ban is part of a multipronged strategy to curb the theft of metal infrastructure that threatens to cripple the economy...
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