Waste pickers sorting recyclables at an overflowing garbage collection point in New Delhi

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Everyday activity at an overflowing roadside garbage collection point in New Delhi, India. Informal waste pickers manually sort through large green dumpsters and scattered piles of waste, separating recyclable plastics, cardboard, metal, and other reusable materials into large woven sacks. One waste picker works without protective gloves while carefully searching through the mixed refuse. Street dogs and cats roam around the garbage collection area looking for food among the discarded waste. The footage documents the daily work of informal recycling workers and the realities of urban solid waste management in one of Delhi's busy roadside collection points.