Trash workers are collecting recyclable material at a polluted garbage dump in Cambodia.


Workers are collecting recyclable material at the Stung Meanchey Landfill in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Adults who scavenged here earned as much as $ USD per day.


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Location: Stung Meanchey Landfill, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Photo credit: © John Brown / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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