What Life Is Like For 20 Million Waste Pickers | World Wide Waste Marathon

What Life Is Like For 20 Million Waste Pickers | World Wide Waste Marathon | Insider Business

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Globally, an estimated 20 million informal waste pickers are responsible for more than half of all plastic waste collected. Now, a 30-year fight for fair wages and legal protection has culminated in these workers' first international union. This video explores their essential role in how the world handles trash.
00:00 Intro
01:10 Landfill Pickers In Indonesia
10:37 Collecting Metal From Old Ships
22:18 The Children Working In Delhi's E-Waste Market
27:50 Earning A Living Off A Flaming Landfill
38:28 Hunting For Deadly Explosives In Afghanistan
47:56 The World's First International Waste Pickers Union
51:41 Credits
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this video misidentified Lucia Fernandez’s title. She is the General Secretary of the International Alliance of Waste Pickers, not the Secretary General. Also, we misidentified a videographer as “Mateo Fernandez.” His actual name is Mateo Vazquez.
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@fugoventro9403 7 ай бұрын

A harsh job that helps the environment deserves both respect and higher wages. 💪🔥

@Ahmed-ow3rc 7 ай бұрын

@@Joe-sg9llWhoa there, Joe Doe here might cut himself on the edge, please be careful or you'll get hurt like the actual hard-working people in the video. PS, 😂😂😂🤣🤣

@Ahmed-ow3rc 7 ай бұрын

@@Joe-sg9llWhat's that supposed to mean? Also stop liking your own comments, it's pathetic 😁

@dianeruiz0721 2 ай бұрын

These poor forgotten souls are truly living hell on earth! 😭 It breaks my heart and it helps me to put everything into perspective. It does make you appreciate what you have! I pray for God to help them and protect them all! God bless you amazing courageous people! ❤

@josefinematildehansenvonki2384 7 ай бұрын

10:20 love that message❤❤ only buy what you need, NOT what you want!

@temptemp4174 7 ай бұрын

This man is so humble, the way he kept saying "alhamdulilah", praise be to God, even though he lives in a hut and eats trash. Shame on all of us.

@FunSkipping 7 ай бұрын

It makes me so mad when I see some kids that clearly haven't eaten next to fat kids. The injustice of it all saddens me.

@DBT1007 7 ай бұрын

capitalism is to be blame for that. it;s not just about people's consumption. but also business. nowadays, companis only be like.. spam produce their products. hoping it all gonna sell. but obviously some going to be waste. capitalsim mentality need to be gone. you only produce when there is a demand !

@voidhunter2800 6 ай бұрын

Datri is one strong woman having the will to endure all of that, and the strength to keep going is incredible.

@manjiriinamdar6761 7 ай бұрын

This is an eye opener for the urban people to know the consequences of their high class lifestyle

@DisturbedDrake 7 ай бұрын

you mean city folk

@apinokoibodje1876 7 ай бұрын

i doubt it

@darkslayer4552 7 ай бұрын

@@Flynn1982xno heart and sick in your mind, be proud of yourself, youll never know how it is to feel and have a soul 🤝👏

@darkslayer4552 7 ай бұрын

@@Flynn1982x just being honest, you get what you seed, so enjoy 🥳

@vincentfiestada 7 ай бұрын

cause people in small towns don't make trash right?

@chat-arina 7 ай бұрын

They deserve good pay, health protection, reasonable work hours and that’s just the minimum!!

@prodigysonhiddenforareason1239 7 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@pagan3809 7 ай бұрын

@@prodigysonhiddenforareason1239???

@SubjectiveFunny 7 ай бұрын

Maybe if they trusted in science instead of god, they would not still be scratching around in the dirt? Just a thought...

@ned431 7 ай бұрын

and also not having that many kids..@@SubjectiveFunny

@karenannskreation2022 7 ай бұрын

I totally agree and people who negative comments reflects them

@harrygibbs9436 Ай бұрын

People that cant/wont do the most basic of work in developed countries need to watch this.

@roxyroxy6824 4 ай бұрын

When it comes to the "so called green deal" let them look at these people! They deserve all the applause!! Much respect!!!

@kt88sl45 17 күн бұрын

The best environmentalists are the poorest people. They don't waste because they have nothing to waste and a lot of them like these guys live out of the waste so call environmentalists thrown away.

@Taegreth 7 ай бұрын

This is noble work, even though it's hazardous to the worker's health. Sorting through trash to help minimize the landfill pile-up is immensely important, hopefully in the future they can have it more stream-lined in a way that makes that work less dangerous and more efficient. Very sad to see what some people have to go through to survive, though these situations put things into perspective and help people think twice about being so wasteful, for those who see it anyway.

@jumbo9380 7 ай бұрын

10:20 what he is saying isn't wrong but, from what i know that stores will dump foods anyway when it's not bought so it doesn't matter either way, but he is still right about giving it away instead of dumping them.

@brucelintz7946 Ай бұрын

UDF or United Dairy Farmer in Ohio state. Throw away all of the items that are put on the shelves to be sold. If they aren't sold in three days. This is breakfast sandwiches, all lunch sandwiches, pizza, donuts that are brought in from crispy creme are thrown away daily if not sold. All items that are made fresh are thrown into the trash. I asked store people why these items aren't donated to shelters, what I was told is the company doesn't want lawsuits. Its really sad.

@NameIsJoco 7 ай бұрын

You know I hope these people at least got paid for being filmed

@nathanbabiuk6286 2 ай бұрын

They didn't

@chopro291 2 ай бұрын

Surely. Otherwise they wouldn't even bother doing the interview as the time could be used for more scavenging.

@janeenharrison1953 2 ай бұрын

We all need to be doing this to support and help, it's our doing!

@PressedSteel1919 2 ай бұрын

I hope the lady at 17:50 hits the Lottery & never has to work in the oily mud again.

@livdirrengesuasmatsuoka9843 3 ай бұрын

Such a hard working people..their perseverance is amazing.

@FunSkipping 7 ай бұрын

3:00 bless these people. I wanna cry seeing him reduced to this. He looks like he'd be happy as hell if he got to experience America for just one day... I hope the best for Gulzar, I hope he gets much farther than a police officer.

@JorgenBlomqvist-po7zk 7 ай бұрын

I'm curious on how much the producers compensated this old woman ? For her participation in this documentary.

@zayonkiber2510 7 ай бұрын

God watch over these people 😢

@richieeemosley1178 7 ай бұрын

Why would he allow it in the first place us a better question

@bunz637 7 ай бұрын

Why doesn’t God just do something, if you see evil and it doesn’t affect you to stop it and you choose to ignore it…then you are the source of evil.

@FunSkipping 7 ай бұрын

@@bunz637 "If God is all powerful, then he cannot be all good. And if he is all good, he cannot be all powerful."

@orishaeshu1084 7 ай бұрын

@@FunSkippingunless you asked him and his definition of good will make you so confused and have a glitch. I imagine God is like the Gravemind from Halo.

@strukitru 2 ай бұрын

Your god merely exists within your head.

@rminitials 3 ай бұрын

Crazy how privileged I am. I knew these things but never really saw it like this

@anoopkfrancis3977 3 ай бұрын

Huge respect for these people ❤

@hueman9 7 ай бұрын

these people should get paid more than professional athletes

@SaltedBadly 7 ай бұрын

Govt should fund them rather than funding wars to make themselves richer.

@orishaeshu1084 7 ай бұрын

Govt should build them subsidized houses. They don’t deserve slums

@GamerbyDesign 7 ай бұрын

They say deliver us from hell fire but i'm pretty sure that's a lot of people version of hell.

@orishaeshu1084 7 ай бұрын

This or begging….

@wanderingokapi1 7 ай бұрын

My god this is inhumane, never waste and reduce plastic Usage and adopt low consumption lifestyle, I hope the government recognizes such workers and pay them well and also provide the necessary protective gear and provide free Healthcare and free education to their children

@johnking975 7 ай бұрын

I wish these people had a cash app so we can just send him a few dollars directly to help them out

@nictibbetts 7 ай бұрын

If you cared you take your ass to this hell hole and give them money directly

@petebutler5139 3 ай бұрын

32:31 what these people have to go through is beyond imaginable. I cannot believe the amount of garbage and how survival is so dependent on living next to it. The trash looked so pungent, I swear I could smell it. Watching this video makes me very aware of just how fortunate I am. It’s unbelievable, the amount of disparity that exists among human beings, all trying to accomplish the same end game… survival.

@motherhoodsbeauty9279 7 ай бұрын

They didn't hired widow women because they think these women will bring back luck to them? This is so messed up. It's 2023 and people still act like this, it just sad.

@danbanks7930 Ай бұрын

I feel a little bit ashamed sitting in my nice comfortable home ... it's definitely humbling

@richardnixon4345 Ай бұрын

If you are consuming and wasting less than you used to, then you are trying to do something about it 👍

@SRunni_ 7 ай бұрын

Wow, those are the hardest amazing workers I've seen so far. 👍👍😎👍👍

@funkystuf23 7 ай бұрын

Hardest workers? They are not doing anything to help, they are just helping themselves to make a bit of cash, you are blowing this nonsense way out of proportion

@SRunni_ 7 ай бұрын

@@funkystuf23 They truly are hardest working, they do the job YOU won't do for the rest of your life

@fakename7901 7 ай бұрын

Good, lets unionize even harder

@orishaeshu1084 7 ай бұрын

Unions vs corporations

@longestvideoever Ай бұрын

Unions for the win!

@RS-yq1ty 7 ай бұрын

This is heartbreaking. No human should hv to work like this. Enough technology has been invented but we r using human labour as its cheap

@patricialong5767 Ай бұрын

They are happy and very adaptable to live there near the mountain of trash. They are the living embodiment of be happy where you are! Good for them! :))

@dannymclovin1270 5 ай бұрын

The lady looking for scrap metal should send her son and daughter-in-law to work that’s fucked up she’s the only one working and supporting them she’s even supporting the grandson why have kids and can’t even support them SMH!!!!

@LS-zo3cr 3 ай бұрын

Exactly, I am also having the same thought. The daughter in law is still young, I am wondering why she doesn’t try to earn some money…

@gigithebarberbeauty7146 Ай бұрын

Yes! Let her stay home and watch the baby and she and the son go work!

@sasha_yudin504 5 ай бұрын

Ya Allah, may we learn from these humble human beings like Rasidin to not take privileges for granted. Ameen.

@freedoms2010 7 ай бұрын

There is something beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time to see how simple their life is by default. This woman who polishes this frame ( 21:49 ) containing the four photos of her husband and children is touching. This frame is an important part of her environment and probably one of the few things she has

@Brewski311 Ай бұрын

Makes me feel really great full for my career here in America

@davida7559 28 күн бұрын

This is made me thank god for everything that I have and it’s not much. I’m humbled

@lillianroself 7 ай бұрын

We need to sort out trash like Japan does do something like: burnable trash, glass trash for recycling, and plastic trash for re-melting. After all, our biggest upcoming job postings seem to be for sorting, cleaning, and melting decades worth of garbage. 😂🎉 We did this to ourselves. 😢

@SethMethCS 6 ай бұрын

Don’t forget RECLAMATION. Lots of stuff in dry areas has survived being compacted, rolled and crushed into a landfill. Especially small things which include all the phones and other small electronics.

@ArthursHD 2 ай бұрын

1. More like Glass, wood/plastic pallets, and Plastic, reusable (deposit) 1½. Cardboard (It may be reusable as well), Office paper 2. Green, Brown, and Clear glass that's to broken to be used otherwise. 3. Window glass 4. Automotive Glass 5. Like two hundred types of thermoplastics (Only 2 to 5 most common actually getting recycled) 5½. Metals 6. Otherwise unrecyclable/dirty plastics, wood, composites, thermoset plastics, dry biomass - basically everything with high calorific value. Either to make fuel or heat and electricity. 7. Tyre recycling (negative price in my country :) 8. Construction waste 9. Biowaste - food scraps, etc. 10. 💩waste 11. E-waste Isn't that more complicated than initially realized?

@paquitoignacio3449 7 ай бұрын

I wish there is garment factory that they could earn a good living for their family, hope more foreign investment in Indonesia.

@vannieroxas3317 2 ай бұрын

This is why I always feel bad throwing out big amounts of food

@algutime 7 ай бұрын

thank you

@boltonky 7 ай бұрын

The problem is most of the areas that are really effected by the need of unions and better laws etc are the ones that haven't been taught how to reduce waste to start with and there is no real punishment for companies and people that hurt others + communities don't work together to stop it or change. Ocean cleanup is a perfect example it wants to put itself out of business by implementing change & teaching communities how to deal with the problem long term.

@uriulanov8520 3 ай бұрын

true héros, they deserve a Noble prize.

@user-qn1kz7dk3t 2 ай бұрын

Noble prize 😂? For what?

@hoseamatavao1208 Ай бұрын

Good documentary 👍👍👍👍👍

@rumikohotohory 7 ай бұрын

як можна так жити???

@krystlea5210 7 ай бұрын

kudos

@GCSTRADE09 Ай бұрын

Man. A mothers love

@nancysmith9487 7 ай бұрын

That's great, How about trash to treasure. Plastic in gas melts use for fuel. Plastic in acetone for glue, clear coating wood,bricks, metal for weather,nature preserving them

@nancysmith9487 7 ай бұрын

Williams ll James r IBEW local 94 international NJ recommend

@sharonkaczorowski8690 7 ай бұрын

The profits made at the top are obscene…that many workers are not even paid is even more obscene. Conspicuous consumption is the root cause and it’s done on the backs of the poor and working class. Consumption has so deeply embedded in so many cultures that rooting it out seems overwhelming. And waiting for enough individuals to become enlightened without an educational system that does that is hopeless.

@mdmarcus7494 7 ай бұрын

These people have more value compared to lawyers who cant wait to earn money on conflicts and doctors who provides you cure that is extremely expensive and majority of them doing their job because of Oath and laws in country.

@dedvi 7 ай бұрын

It’s not up to doctors how much to charge. Insurance companies are the problem. Lawyers also do much more than just make money off of conflicts

@mdmarcus7494 7 ай бұрын

@@dedvi Wrong. They give you prescription on medicine that is expensive while in free time they offer their service for money. As for lawyers im talking from experience so your fact pretty much dull. Both act rude and mighty above common folks so stop defending since you dont know anything.

@dedvi 7 ай бұрын

@@mdmarcus7494 im going to guess that you are from america based on your comment, but just fyi healthcare is free in other countries and prescription medicine costs basically nothing. If you really think doctors set the prices and have a say in it look into big pharma. Lawyers also don’t just sit there waiting for conflicts. There are immigration lawyers, lawyers focused on the money side of things, lawyers focused on buying and selling property e.t.c. You dont NEED a lawyer but they are there to help you navigate the law and make sure you come out with the best deal/best position possible

@abhayagarwal5097 7 ай бұрын

@@dedviyou honestly know nothing about how this world works or you lucky to live in a very good country .

@sharnie528 7 ай бұрын

Big up❤

@thebraziliangardener8481 3 ай бұрын

46:00 thats so f-ing sad i almost cried

@JorgenBlomqvist-po7zk 7 ай бұрын

The young man whose recyclables got burned in the fire. I don't understand why he would save it for a later day. Turn it into cash and store that for a "rainy day" instead.

@Be_Kind7683 Ай бұрын

We as humans need to rethink about how we package things. Manufacturers and retailers play a major part in this. The recycle bags help but its not enough they merely remove the guilt from consumer minds in the USA.

@cindymichelle2200 Ай бұрын

It boggles me why we , as a planet …can’t come together repair (as much as possible) the damage we have caused. I feel grateful for the life I have… I wish humans didn’t have to life these types of life’s in these documentaries…

@leathan7 7 ай бұрын

So nice of the ship yard owner to let them work for free

@abelrivera9619 Күн бұрын

The same here in Philippines

@b.gopalakrishna870 7 ай бұрын

Health issues 100% risky works. World environment issues.

@user-su5uf5yv1w Күн бұрын

I could use grass seed & more plant's to plant to trade for what I need.

@Be_Kind7683 Ай бұрын

They deserve prayer and deliverance too.

@needmoreramsay 6 ай бұрын

"mixed crap" 😂 (mixed Scrap)

@princesshephzibah5894 7 ай бұрын

God abeg ooo 😮😢😢

@quintinmason3723 7 ай бұрын

so crazy cuz they should separate the food an compost it an sell it an recycle the plastics , it would def get rid of the methane issue for sure

@DeathsGarden-oz9gg 7 ай бұрын

I mean I'll collect the seeds out of the food and I'll grow the root crops together for freash food to eat. I also would live 1 mile from there if I did this. I would have a underground storage I dug to protect the trash that's money lol never thought I'd say trash is money lol. But there would be a metal door with 5 locks on it so people won't won't to get in there to much work and all.

@jerseys89finest 7 ай бұрын

And why doesn't a governed jus build them a small town. Itll cost less than the war funding and other stuff we throw money at. They handle trash. They shouldn't be handled like trash.

@kds365 3 ай бұрын

It feels good to help employ all those people.

@244hayrick 7 ай бұрын

After all, pagpag isn't unique to the Philippines' poorest. It's a desperate resort done by the poorest in developing countries to survive. Regardless of number, the fact that it's from trash recycled as recooked food makes it all the same. So why do I see a lot of them with condescending remarks towards their neighbour like their country doesn't have its own similar issue? As long as there are cases of it, remotely or not, they're not that at all different.

@sofisuhail007 7 ай бұрын

He is a man of god He will never be hungry nor his family Also blessed with humble wife ❤

@amrita3000 3 ай бұрын

I was blown away. He was thanking God for his meals which are basically trash. Though must say makes me doubt God when I see how poor some people are.

@projectm8899 7 ай бұрын

this is hard to watch damn

@MrJackassz 7 ай бұрын

I wonder if insider business that made money off their suffering, gave money to help them???

@Py16777216 26 күн бұрын

Wow. I'm sitting here watching this on a $900 phone. At least it's 6 years old, but it's on its 3rd battery so oof. I barely work, but I earn hundreds of times what these scavengers earn each year. Unfortunately when your work is not subsidized the earnings are only relative to the minuscule commercial value of the wast.

@thelegion_within 4 ай бұрын

so 2023 is in the past now, did the Delhi govt solve their trash mountain issue?

@jackm2293 7 ай бұрын

❤🙏

@magihoney2 2 күн бұрын

31:19 written in TAMIL southern part of Indian language. not sure they moved to Delhi from Tamil Nadu ,. its a sad part

@Discombobulations 7 ай бұрын

no batman

@AsalBoleh_Yt 3 ай бұрын

indonesia is G-20 and richest countries in South Asia

@skepic1519 Ай бұрын

God Bless these segregators of recyclable plastic

@thatomothothi8874 7 ай бұрын

Marcy Me - Jay Z @ 38:28

@nicholaswhorley8343 7 ай бұрын

How am I supposed to go back to sleep now?

@jerseys89finest 7 ай бұрын

Any job anywhere in the world should pay the minimum it cost to live in an apartment and take care of themselves. Idc what the cost of products would go to. Businesses want things done they should pay.

@pamelaippel2039 14 күн бұрын

WOw thats horrendous. They need hazard pay in order to work in such a contaminated and hazardous environment. Hopefully when they receive higher wages they could buy food and not eat the rotten stuf.

@timbob1627 19 күн бұрын

Culturally as with many south Asian countries, in India a waste infrastructure was not really a thing before the explosion in the urban population and huge increase in packaged foods and goods , traditionally waste was always organic or hard recyclables like glass , yet in last decade a horrific cycle has emerged as people try to keep up the the supposed advanced waste culture of the west😢😢😢😢😢

@baroonono 28 күн бұрын

still more than what farmers make.....

@yak-machining 7 ай бұрын

This is just depressing and sad to watch, no wonder why they want to emigrate to europe. The invention of plastic was a mistake

@GoatBarn 7 ай бұрын

How we dispose of and not reuse the invention of plastic is the mistake...

@melodyparra2960 7 ай бұрын

The reason why they do is greater than the risk and danger pay if they didn’t do what they did, then the mountains would collapse then everybody would be in trouble

@katv4900 7 ай бұрын

See 1980s New York and New Jersey for what happens with garbage collection unions. You're not willing to pay the workers more. If they made a tax, or raised fees, you wouldn't want to pay them. Then, the magic missing money, when they do collect the fees.

@zyxw2000 4 ай бұрын

Another problem is that recycling plants are privately owned, and they won't recycle what's not profitable, that is, plastic. In other Western countries and in Japan, the recycling is run by the government, so it doesn't have to be profitable.

@funkystuf23 7 ай бұрын

Let’s get this right!!! These aren’t sorting out our rubbish! They are just going through the rubbish to make themselves some cash, picking only things that can make them money, it’s not stopping the 200 football pitches worth of rubbish in the slightest

@orishaeshu1084 7 ай бұрын

Life finds a way. They rather do this than beg. Think about that.

@venkatnarahari 7 ай бұрын

If only more businesses invest more in them and pay these workers more! Then more would join the workforce and more the recycling!

@user-su5uf5yv1w Күн бұрын

God, I'm pissed the Jason threw food in trash rather than composting it in my garden.

@jsc1227 4 ай бұрын

excellent video, usa israel other countries have trillions for war but they cant clean up their military waste when they are done so evil.collateral damage says president bush millions of crippled children from their greed and war insanity

@harrycee656 Ай бұрын

Bezos and others like him could supply food for people like this. They are eating from the dump, it would not take much to give them a dignified life. I am not saying give them a new life. They can continue to do the work they do, but give them a chance.

@mlissgay5054 15 күн бұрын

its very hard to read the translations. please make them larger or interpret them for the listeners ❤thank you from big island 🏝️

@SepherStar 11 күн бұрын

This is not a land fill. This is a trash heap. In a landfill, the waste is layered in a lined crater. Waste, liner, dirt, waste, liner dirt. This here is just a mountain of trash that has been terraced so it doesn't collapse

@prawnstar9213 18 күн бұрын

Bones used to make glue.. what happened to those days?

@Thomas50000 Ай бұрын

Job security

@SolarizeYourLife 2 ай бұрын

There's this thing called PYROLYSIS and every city in the world needs a tire/plastic pyrolysis facility...

@opalfishsparklequasar8663 6 ай бұрын

👉 THIS is where your goddamned "recycled" plastics like water bottles, & tampon applicators go. Feeling eco smug now?

@jenijanewilliams6033 11 күн бұрын

It's 2024 and I doubt very much Delhi has removed the rubbish dump. And it sounds like USA needs to lift its game...not surprised.

@sheripacori2097 Ай бұрын

Only God can solve mankinds problems permanently. And we know he can and will because that is his promise for the righteous. Keep our faith in him and his son because man cannot direct his own steps unless he first listens to God closely.