India’s plastic problem: No easy fix for trash mountains that provide profit and pain

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There have long been promises to clear out India’s mountains of waste but that reality seems distant at Mumbai’s massive Deonar landfill, where 100,000 people depend on the informal garbage industry of picking through trash for plastic and metal to eke out a livelihood, despite the health risks associated with the work.

CBC | World News

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