{"word_count": 119, "character_count": 797}
Waste picker and recyclers project, documentary video competition to promote global awareness about the living conditions of waste pickers in Bogota and Hong Kong    The Waste Picker and Recyclers Social Documentary Competition emerges from the need to gather more information about the community of waste pickers before making design or policy recommendations.&#160;  This project is a participatory media and data collection event, the main objective is to learn about and record the lives of recyclers, and promote awareness about them and propose projects and initiatives to improve their working conditions. The material collected through this competition will be used in the future as a resource for a feature-length documentary and academic publications.  To read more about the project ...