How picking trash at the largest landfill in Indonesia became more profitable than farming

Name: How picking trash at the largest landfill in Indonesia became more profitable than farming
Uploaded: 2022-12-28T17:09:41+00:00
Duration: 11 min 18 s
Channel: Insider
Description: Picking through a mountain of trash as high as 165 feet is how thousands of pemulung earn their living near Jakarta, Indonesia. They're at risk of getting injured by giant excavators, shards of glass, and methane emitted by the landfill.

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Picking through a mountain of trash as high as 165 feet is how thousands of pemulung earn their living near Jakarta, Indonesia. They're at risk of getting injured by giant excavators, shards of glass, and methane emitted by the landfill.