00:00We met Christopher, a crew member of a private company.
00:09His job is to collect garbage from hospitals,
00:13such as face masks, gloves, and syringes.
00:18But there is also what we call pathological waste.
00:23These are the internal organs of humans and body fluids such as blood.
00:28It usually comes from operating rooms.
00:32Because of Christopher's daily work,
00:35it is not new for him to see human parts of the body.
00:40Out of the different hazardous waste, pathological, pharmaceutical, etc.,
00:46what do you dislike the most?
00:48We don't need any of those.
00:50We are just used to it.
00:52We are used to it.
00:54We are used to it.
00:55You see, I know you can see my feet.
01:00Yes.
01:02What do you do when you see me?
01:05We put a drum to make it sound like we are doing an after-mission.
01:11Then we throw it.
01:13You are not afraid anymore. You are used to it.
01:15Yes.
01:25After we put the garbage in the drum,
01:28we will pick it up and bring it to the truck to weigh and label it.
01:4521 kilos.
01:50It says hazardous waste.
01:53It says hazardous waste.
01:56Because the cost per kilo is 4 kilos for each garbage that is thrown here.
02:03It is a huge investment for the hospitals.
02:06They make sure that each one is safe
02:09and the community and the environment will not be contaminated.
02:14Why did you choose this job?
02:17Ma'am, because I have a lot of safe jobs.
02:20I have a lot of safe jobs.
02:22It is an important job.
02:24I will continue to do it.
02:26You will continue to do it.
02:28Yes.
02:30Because I need my father.
02:32Yes.
02:34You are not afraid that you will throw hazardous waste?
02:36No.
02:38If you just follow the road.
02:40You will follow the road.
02:42Yes.
02:44But in the beginning, were you afraid?
02:46I was afraid.
02:47If you go back to your family, your son will come to you.
02:50Of course, our job is infectious.
02:53What did your wife and family say?
02:56I looked for them.
02:58I don't have a job.
03:00We don't have hazardous waste.
03:02We don't throw it.
03:04But since you started working here until now,
03:07nothing bad happened to your family?
03:10Did you get infected?
03:12No.
03:13You just followed the safety policy?
03:19Yes.
03:24And your company is training you, right?
03:28Yes.
03:30What are your vaccines?
03:32Tetanus.
03:34To make sure that you won't get infected.
03:37Christopher is part of a private company
03:39that collects waste from different hospitals in the Philippines.
03:44Even if they throw waste,
03:46they are not ashamed of it
03:48because they know that their work will be famous.
03:53There are people who say that their work is like garbage.
03:59They think that people are dirty.
04:01Do you hear that?
04:03Yes, ma'am.
04:05What do people say?
04:06They say that it's like garbage.
04:10What do they say to you?
04:12They ask me what my job is.
04:14We say it's hazardous waste.
04:16We are proud of our work.
04:36We are proud of our work.
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