Informal waste collection systems have many environmental and economic advantages. They reduce the need for landfill and save natural resources while providing an important lifeline for some of the world’s poorest people. In Buenos Aires, informal waste collectors known as “scavengers” recover 9 – 17% of municipal waste, representing an estimated savings for the municipality [...]

Muslumovo village stands few kilometers from Celiabinsk, in Russia, South Ural Mountains. Its name means “city of the Muslims”, most of them are Tatar people. The town is notorious for its closeness to Mayak, the world’s biggest nuclear plant and since 10 years the key plant of the Russian nuclear industry.
In Mayak - where more [...]