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Crowdsourcing plastic waste data everywhere.
Enabling waste circularity in Africa

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"Coarse microplastic accumulation patterns in agricultural soils during two decades of different urban composts application" published in the journal "Environmental Pollution"

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749124017937?dgcid=author

#plasticpollution
November 26, 2024 at 11:26 AM
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"Evidence for widespread human exposure to food contact chemicals" - article published in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41370-024-00718-2

#plasticpollution
November 25, 2024 at 5:27 PM
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https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2024-09-24/almost-200-chemicals-linked-to-breast-cancer-are-found-in-food-packaging

Scientific Journal Article: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/toxicology/articles/10.3389/ftox.2024.1440331/full

#plasticpollution
November 25, 2024 at 5:21 PM
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Trialling a new aspect of our service - the "Social Premium". Aim: help waster pickers be paid fairly collecting plastic, esp. types w/ low market price / hard to collect.

We selected several women who use our service in Maputo, and explained the idea to them.

Trial group receives an […]
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November 17, 2024 at 8:44 AM