At the Bordo de Xochiaca garbage dump outside Mexico City, collectors collect recyclable materials from garbage left by trucks.
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In the garbage dump children help their parents to separate recyclable materials. Their main customer is PetStar, a Coca-Cola recycling plant.
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PetStar employees carry a bag with used plastic bottles, which they will take to the recycling plant. A bag contains on average 1,400 containers.
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In a street in Mexico City, volunteers in a garbage truck separate recyclable materials from the trash to sell them. They live off the sale of these products and tips from homeowners and businesses, since they do not have a government salary.
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Recyclable materials extracted from the trash are a commodity. A collection center in the Renovación neighborhood, where the majority of the inhabitants lives off the sale of these products, advertises purchase prices to the public.
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At the San Juan de Aragón waste collection plant in Mexico City, the city's Human Rights Commission found unhealthy working conditions.
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The Human Rights Commission of the Mexican capital found that in the San Juan de Aragón waste selection plant the trash collectors do not have a salary, bathrooms or adequate work tools.
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This plastic recycling plant, owned by Coca-Cola and Mexican bottlers, receives the used plastic they collect in the garbage dump, garbage trucks and waste selection plants.
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At this Coca-Cola recycling plant there are strict security and cleaning measures. These conditions are in sharp contrast to the scavengers who supply recyclabable materials found in garbage.
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