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The human cost of recycling: Kenyan waste pickers put their health at risk
Two thousand tonnes of waste are dumped every day at the Dandora landfill site in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. An army of workers then rush in to recover recyclable materials, putting their own health at risk in the process. But however hard these unsung environmental heroes work…
By Bastien RENOUIL
Two thousand tonnes of waste are dumped every day at the Dandora landfill site in Nairobi, Kenya. An army of workers rushes in to recover recyclable materials from the site, putting their own health at risk in the process.
However hard these workers, described as unsung environmental heroes, work, only 7 percent of the plastic can be recycled.
