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oezcerkesm | Reporter's Log

Recycling in Bali – Day 2: Making a living on the trash dump

(Photo: DW/Manuel Özcerkes)

People living on a dump. These Balinese collect plastic bottles and other stuff that can be sold for recycling. For a kilo of bottles, they get around 5 Euros. That's how recycling works on the island. It's a basic system but the only one that works. There are high-tech dumps elsewhere. But they're not working because nobody is able to maintain the machines. It seems to be the only way to get rid of all the garbage.

Date

January 12, 2011

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