VOICES: Empowering Waste Workers on the Path to a Just Transition

During the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3), which gathered industry experts, leaders, and stakeholders from across the globe in Nairobi, The Circulate Initiative hosted an in-person event that put the spotlight on waste workers. The event showcased the critical role waste workers play in tackling the global plastic waste challenge with a movie screening of the journeys, challenges, and aspirations of waste workers from Viet Nam, South Africa, India, and Nigeria.

The event was joined by guest panelists from UN-Habitat, International Alliance of Waste Pickers, The Coca-Cola Company, African Reclaimers Organisation, Alliance of Indian Wastepickers, Kenya National Waste Pickers Welfare Association, and Mr. Green Trading Africa Kenya Ltd., who shared insights on how waste worker voices can be amplified at the negotiating table.