June 8, 2022, Rizal, Philippines: Waste pickers digs through the piles of garbage in this hidden dump site in the Rizal province of the Philippines. The waste pickers collects trash that can be sold to junk shops and facilities that recycles them. The people here earn A?‚±500 or US$10 a day when they sell their collected trash to junk shops. One of the waste pickers tells that they earn the same leer más amount of money working in a construction site. Working a construction is a more physical work than picking trash. They work less and have more time for themselves when picking up trash compared to working in a construction site and earn the same amount of money. Also, children are no longer allowed in the dump site this is why you can only find adults scavenging here. leer menos
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