Every day, billions of tonnes of waste are dumped, but how much do you know about waste and recycling? It's time to find out in our short quiz!
You can play your part in helping to clean up the planet, by supporting waste pickers in Kenya.
This Christmas, will you help ensure women’s futures aren’t thrown away?
You can help change the futures of waste pickers who work on Kenya’s rubbish dumps. It’s an essential but dangerous job, yet women aren’t being paid enough to feed themselves or their families.
VSO volunteers are helping waste pickers transform waste into wages, but we can’t do it alone. Will you help?
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