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Trash covers a poor neighborhood , in General San Martin, Argentina, where most residents earn their livings scavenging through and recycling trash.
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Ana Carla Mistaldo (left) and Priscila Aparecida sort through trash in search of recyclable materials.
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Trash recyclers sort through piles of plastic and other material. Some 15 million people around the world make a living off sorting through and recycling trash, usually in developing countries where few governments recycle their trash.
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Priscila Aparecida sorts through trash in Duque de Caxias, Brazil, in March, in search of recyclable materials.
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Roberto Rodriguez (center) talks to a fellow recycler in a scavenger camp set up in one of the richest neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Piles of trash fill a poor neighborhood in General San Martin, Argentina.
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Cristian Robles surveys the encampment in one of the richest neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, Argentina. They moved there after a train that used to transport them and their scavenged trash back home outside the city stopped operating.
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Workers sort through trash in Duque de Caxias, Brazil, looking for recyclable materials.
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A team of recyclers packs up a day's worth of paper, plastic and other materials they've collected from trash February 13, 2008, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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