In Ghana, as in many other developing countries, PET recycling is left to the private sector. Hence there is no state authority regulating or overseeing the collection and recycling of plastic waste. As a consequence the vast majority of recycled plastic is collected by independent collectors (waste pickers) working directly with processors. These waste pickers work in inhumane conditions and get little to no credit for their immense contribution to the local economy.
We work for those people.