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‘Everyone’s looking for plastic.' As waste rises, so does recycling

‘Everyone’s looking for plastic.' As waste rises, so does recycling

Plagued by plastic pollution, Senegal wants to replace pickers at the garbage dump with a formal recycling system that takes advantage of the new market for plastics.
Jakarta’s trash mountain: 'When people are desperate for jobs, they come here'
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Jakarta’s trash mountain: 'When people are desperate for jobs, they come here'

The scavengers who make a living picking plastic, metal and even bones from a huge landfill face additional misery as the global economic slowdown closes the recycling centers they count on.
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