Syria: People Turn Plastic Waste into Carpets to Earn Bread

Sun Jun 18 2023
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At a garbage dump in the poor rebel area of Idlib province, people, including men and boys, hunt for plastic waste to be sold and transformed into rugs and other recycled products. In war-ravaged Syria, recycling is rarely an environmental compulsion but rather a grim lifeline for poor residents looking for jobs and work. A video by AFP.

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