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Plastics For Change strives to fight poverty and provide jobs for people in poor communities, by reducing plastic waste.

There are an estimated 20 million waste pickers across the world, an informal army of street cleaners whose work goes largely unrecognised. Yet to some they are environmental stewards, clearing away the flotsam and jetsam of everyday life, often in countries where regular waste collection services are non-existent.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], November 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): Garnier, one of the world's largest mass-market beauty brands, strengthens its commitment to protecting the environment with the funding of a dedicated plastic waste collection center in Chennai, India, in partnership with Plastics for Change, a social enterprise launched with a mission to use plastic waste as a resource for addressing social issues. With the aim of collecting 2,000 tons of ocean-bound plastic. In its first year, this center will empower the lives of 2000 people from the local communities. The plastic collected has ...

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], November 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): Garnier, one of the world's largest mass-market beauty brands, strengthens its commitment to protecting the environment with the funding of a dedicated plastic waste collection center in Chennai, India, in partnership with Plastics for Change, a social enterprise launched with a mission to use plastic waste as a resource for addressing social issues.

In a statement released by Greenpeace, the Basel Action Network (BAN) and Zero Waste Europe, the organisations say that Germany has been exporting plastic waste illegally, stirring wider debates about waste management and disposal.