Delhi garbage disposal: Trash collectors sort trash, discarded with bare hands

From the archive record

The life of a garbage collector in a city like New Delhi is not easy. With millions of residents making tonnes of trash every day, the job must demand a lot especially when its trash like the ones in the video. A trash collector at a garbage dumping site in South Delhi is seen breaking down a bed that has been left there. With no protective masks, gloves and proper equipment he takes the bed apart with a stone and his bare hands. Other trash collectors like him are seen sorting through the garbage with their bare hands. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest HD and 4K collection from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on 4K, 200 fps slow motion and Full HD.