{
  "id": 19807921,
  "title": "South Africa: Africa's Waste Pickers Demand Recognition in Climate Action",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/south-africa-africas-waste-pickers-demand-recognition-in-climate",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T12:16:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica",
    "slug": "allafrica",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202611130271.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[allAfrica] As COP31 puts zero waste on the climate agenda, waste pickers across Africa say the continent's circular-economy transition cannot succeed without the people who already recover and recycle much of what it throws away.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}