Female Asian entrepreneurs key to tackling plastic waste

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Scavengers collect plastic for recycling at a dump site in the northeastern Indian city of Guwahati: In Asia, women make up the majority of informal waste workers. © Reuters

Simon Baldwin is senior vice president for the Asia-Pacific region at SecondMuse, a U.S.-based company providing support for environmental innovation.

Women are more severely impacted than men by the escalating plastic waste crisis, ranging from greater exposure to plastics in household, beauty and hygiene products to more women being involved in the collection and trading of plastic waste.

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