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Dr Olivia Loots

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Dr Olivia Loots

Postdoctoral research fellow in the Research Programme at the Centre for the Advancement of Non-Racialism and Democracy, Nelson Mandela University Website: https://canrad.mandela.ac.za

Informal recycling gives people a sense of purpose and fulfilment and contributes hugely to recycling in the country.
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How informal recyclers view their work

Informal recycling gives people a sense of purpose and fulfilment and contributes hugely to recycling in the country

  • Dr Olivia Loots
  • Palisa Ntsala
7 min read
Your lawn will always go brown, so there’s no need to use the scarce, precious resource that is water. (Photo by: Peter Titmuss/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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The grass isn’t always greener, it’s brown in highveld winters

Your lawn will always go brown, so there’s no need to use the scarce, precious resource that is water

  • Dr Olivia Loots
6 min read