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Coronavirus: Furloughed workers urged to become fruit pickers
2020-04-26 20:34:24| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Environment Secretary George Eustice urges staff on furlough to ease a growing crisis on farms.
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Trash Pickers in Argentina Push for Source Separation Technology
2019-07-30 10:00:00| Waste Age
Due to the lack of coordinated policy, workers must sort through tonnes of trash to separate what could be recycled and sold.
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European fruit pickers shun Britain
2018-06-06 11:38:14| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
British farmers say they are facing a shortage of workers to pick fruit and vegetables as recruitment companies say they can't find enough to fill vacancies.
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Trash Pickers are Helping Californias Recycling Industry
2016-04-18 17:29:00| Waste Age
Many trash pickers in California are collecting more than 130 pounds of material from dumpsters. read more
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Why China's Waste Pickers Are a Better Alternative to Incineration
2015-05-26 23:26:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/">The Guardian</a> Jinling is one of hundreds of thousands of waste pickers working in cities across China sorting through other peoples rubbish, removing and sorting anything that can be recycled and selling it for a meagre profit. Most people working in this sector are migrant workers from the countryside who come to big cities to try to make a living. read more
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