Rag Pickers — Unsung Heroes or Resource Thieves?
Circular economy, bureaucracy, and humanity intertwined by garbage.
A tale of two metropolises, New Delhi and São Paulo. In this tale, there are destitute workers, corporate interests, and the state machinery all squabbling over rubbish.
I am merely a scribe; bringing to you the battles and the alliances in the arena of waste. It bewilders me that this brutality takes its toll every day, despite the best intentions of all the actors involved. My melancholy is soothed by the…
