Tear Fund Citation | Plastics For Change (Old Website)

Tear Fund Citation | Plastics For Change (Old Website)

1. https://learn.tearfund.org/-/media/learn/resources/reports/2019-tearfund-consortium-no-time-to-waste-en.pdf

Worlds colliding when our operations manger met a waste-picker at the beach collecting plastic for @plasticsforchange. That’s what is special about our job, it connects every person involved with plastic, we are all fighting this together.
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Annama has been a waste picker all her life. She grew up scavenging the streets of Bengaluru, spending night after night looking for her next square meal. Plastic played a pivotal role in providing her with an income to

91% seems like a scary statistic however it is 91% of opportunity.
Recycling plastic lessens pollution and also provides sustainable jobs for the urban poor.
We employ people living in poverty to collect and recycle plastic. This allows them to fee

What did you use your hands for today?
In India, waste-pickers collect discarded plastic every day. A plastic bottle someone collects will travel through a recycling chain. Then after various touchpoints, it might end up in a Body Shop shampoo bottl

What happens when a fish eats plastic? 🐠
Plastic cannot disappear however it breaks down into microplastics. Fish unknowingly ingest this debris until their stomachs become full and they eventually die. 🥤
Mobilise people on the ground to collect pl

Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth... these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women's empowerment.

@james_jamesma inviting the world to use #plasticsforchange instead of leaving plastic to pollute the environment. @thebodyshop is currently using our plastic in their bottles and is offering customers to return used bottles to branches nationwide.

Eyes tell the story of the soul. Stories of waste-pickers are filled with trials and difficulties. Waking up at 3am to collect trash, getting infections or cuts from sharp bits of waste and not knowing if they can feed their families each night. But

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