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#WasteChat: A Twitter Chat about Waste Pickers

  • March 4, 2020
  • @WBG_Cities and @WIEGOGLOBAL
    Online on Twitter.com
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Time: 9am ET / 11am Brazil / 5pm Nairobi

Hosted by the World Bank and featuring WIEGO’s Sally Roever and Sonia Dias, the Chat focused on waste picker livelihoods, environmental contributions, and sustainable waste management.

Hashtags: #WasteChat  |  #WastePickers

Attendees joined hosts the World Bank (@WBG_Cities) and WIEGO (@WIEGOGLOBAL), to take part in this first-ever bilingual twitter chat.

Questions were in English @WBG_Cities and retweeted in Spanish @WIEGOGLOBAL.

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