Recycling in Bangladesh
The recent building disaster in Bangladesh reminded me of the photographs I took there in 2008 of children scavenging for recyclable materials on a landfill site. There is so much wealth in the world yet millions are forced to live in dire poverty hardly able to buy enough food to survive. These children traversed a stinking rubbish heap in their bare feet looking for materials to recycle.
Children on a landfill site, Dhaka Bangladesh 2008
A child on a landfill site, Dhaka Bangladesh 2008
A child on a landfill site, Dhaka Bangladesh 2008
Children on a landfill site, Dhaka Bangladesh 2008
Materials collected for recycling, Dhaka Bangladesh 2008
Children recycling on a landfill site, Dhaka Bangladesh
Children recycling on a landfill site, Dhaka Bangladesh
This is absolutely disgraceful and criminal in this day and age…:-(