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5 points•1 comments•52m ago•by eamag•independent.co.uk ↗

Climate crisis is creating hellish conditions for waste pickers at Nairobi dump

Nairobi's Dandora dumpsite receives about 2,000 tonnes of waste daily and remains the city's main landfill since being declared full in 2001, with an estimated 46,000 waste pickers working there and 71% reporting ailments and 96% injured. The climate crisis is intensifying both rainfall and heat, making floods and high temperatures more frequent and increasing heat-stress and injury risks for workers, according to WHO and climate assessments. Initiatives by the Danish Refugee Council and Mr Green Africa are providing protective gear, daycare for children, health insurance, and fair prices to improve conditions for the waste pickers.

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