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The trash truck has just arrived on the dumpsite and the waste pickers swarm in search of the most valuable waste items. Photo: Stg. Huize Aarde |
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The trash truck is hardly open, or the fastest and strongest boys grab the best booty already.
Photo: Stg. Huize Aarde |
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Some boys protect their face, arms and hands against dust and sharp waste; others have no protection at all.
Photo: Stg. Huize Aarde |
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When the trash truck is gone, they wait for the shovel, which give access to unchecked waste.
Photo: Stg. Huize Aarde |
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The waste pickers encounter all kinds of dangers; the shovel drivers don’t pay always enough attention.
Photo: Stg. Huize Aarde |
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The dumpsite is also visited by children. They collect the less valuable material, ...
Photo: Sg. Huize Aarde |
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... such as textile, ...
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... or plastics.
Photo: Stg. Huize Aarde |
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Also young women work on the waste.
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Canteen on the dumpsite.
Photo: Stg. Huize Aarde |