A Nicaraguan boy carries barrels of contaminated water for drinking in the garbage dump La Chureca, Managua, Nicaragua.
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Jan Sochor / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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3000 x 2000 px | 25.4 x 16.9 cm | 10 x 6.7 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
10 November 2004Location:
Managua, NicaraguaMore information:
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Nicaraguan garbage recollectors, walking in a dust cloud, carry trash for recycling in the garbage dump La Chureca, Managua, Nicaragua, 10 November 2004. La Chureca is the biggest garbage dump in Central America. Hundreds of trash recollectors search in tons of smouldering garbage mainly metals (copper, aluminium), others concentrate on glass which is cheap, but in bigger amount. The majority of the recyclers are families with children for whom recycling is a regular job. The children very often eat the food they find on the dump, none of them goes to school, they suffer from skin diseases, they have high levels of lead and DDT in blood.