Reporters - 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, only 7 percent of the plastic can be recycled.
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- 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, only 7 percent of the plastic can be recycled.
Sources: France 24