00:00The 52-year-old father, Jowel,
00:04daily carries a bag of pink styrofoam.
00:12He carries a bag full of plastic in the sea.
00:17How long have you been noticing that there's a lot of plastic in the sea?
00:20Yes, there's a lot of plastic in the sea.
00:24It comes from the river.
00:27It comes to us.
00:29We collect it.
00:35These plastics,
00:38when they're collected,
00:40Jowel's father can sell them in junk shops.
00:43It's good that you're in the sea.
00:46In the sea, nothing happens,
00:48except for us.
00:50Jowel carries a bag of pink styrofoam.
00:54Jowel carries a bag of pink styrofoam.
00:58Jowel carries a bag of pink styrofoam.
01:02Jowel carries a bag of pink styrofoam.
01:05Jowel carries a bag of pink styrofoam.
01:08Jowel carries a bag of pink styrofoam.
01:11Jowel carries a bag of pink styrofoam.
01:14Jowel carries a bag of pink styrofoam.
01:17Jowel carries a bag of pink styrofoam.
01:20Jowel carries a bag of pink styrofoam.
01:23Jowel carries a bag of pink styrofoam.
01:30It all comes from the sea.
01:36What are you going to pick now?
01:39These.
01:41I'm going to collect the minerals.
01:43Because they're expensive.
01:44This is 12.
01:46This is heavy.
01:49This is what I want to collect.
01:52Because even if it's just a little, it's heavy.
01:55Yes.
01:57If it's like this,
01:59even if you have two bags,
02:01it's still not enough.
02:03It's heavy.
02:05Ah, okay.
02:06Yes.
02:11It's not just Jowel who is walking here.
02:15Others are just walking under the houses
02:19to collect the garbage.
02:23So, for you, this is a way of life?
02:26Yes, it's a way of life.
02:28It's not illegal.
02:37In almost all places where garbage is collected,
02:41there are dumps.
02:44In Rodriguez Rizal,
02:46Elianito's father has been doing this for 20 years.
02:56The situation at the dumpsite is difficult and dangerous.
03:01Just like us who are poor,
03:03we are just hanging on to the garbage.
03:15Because of the bad habits of Elianito's father,
03:18the garbage that is collected at the dumps
03:21and possibly to the sea
03:24is segregated and recycled.
03:27The garbage that is collected at the dumps
03:30and possibly to the sea
03:32is segregated and recycled.
03:34The garbage that is collected at the dumps,
03:37if it's mixed,
03:39no one will separate it
03:41but you, the ones who are walking.
03:44Us?
03:46Yes.
03:48My children choose.
03:50When I arrive here,
03:52they will be the ones who will segregate it.
03:55The plastic that goes to the sea
03:57will be the ones who will recycle it.
04:00Yes.
04:02We collect it
04:04and deliver it to the sea.
04:27For more information visit www.ilo.org
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