Trash in Focus

A young person searched for coins and other items of value on the banks of the River Ganges in Allahabad, India, Monday. People around the world mark Earth Day on April 22 every year.
A young person searched for coins and other items of value on the banks of the River Ganges in Allahabad, India, Monday. People around the world mark Earth Day on April 22 every year.
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A boy played with toys found at a garbage dump in Nogales, Mexico, March 5. The World Bank estimates the total amount of garbage generated by urban residents around the world will surge to 2.2 billion tons a year in 2025 from 1.3 billion in 2012.
A boy played with toys found at a garbage dump in Nogales, Mexico, March 5. The World Bank estimates the total amount of garbage generated by urban residents around the world will surge to 2.2 billion tons a year in 2025 from 1.3 billion in 2012.
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Children searched for recyclable trash to sell in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 5. The annual cost of managing all that trash will increase to $375 billion, from $205 billion, with low-income countries seeing more than fivefold increases.
Children searched for recyclable trash to sell in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 5. The annual cost of managing all that trash will increase to $375 billion, from $205 billion, with low-income countries seeing more than fivefold increases.
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People searched for missing workers after a collapse at a dump site east of Manila, Philippines, April 20.
People searched for missing workers after a collapse at a dump site east of Manila, Philippines, April 20.
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A worker carried a basket full of garbage in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, on March 15.
A worker carried a basket full of garbage in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, on March 15.
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Employees pushed a cart loaded with discarded electronic products in São Paulo March 6. According to the United Nations Environment Program, Brazil generates the greatest amount of electronic waste per capita among emerging countries.
Employees pushed a cart loaded with discarded electronic products in São Paulo March 6. According to the United Nations Environment Program, Brazil generates the greatest amount of electronic waste per capita among emerging countries.
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A garbage picker worked at the Aura garbage dump, near the mouth of the Amazon, on the outskirts of Belem, Brazil, March 21.
A garbage picker worked at the Aura garbage dump, near the mouth of the Amazon, on the outskirts of Belem, Brazil, March 21.
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Workers sorted plastic bottles at the Xiejiacun waste collection market in Beijing, April 8. The amount of municipal solid waste is growing fastest in China, which surpassed the U.S. in 2004.
Workers sorted plastic bottles at the Xiejiacun waste collection market in Beijing, April 8. The amount of municipal solid waste is growing fastest in China, which surpassed the U.S. in 2004.
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Machines operated in a landfill outside Hong Kong on April 12.
Machines operated in a landfill outside Hong Kong on April 12.
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Trash was compacted at a landfill in Moretown, Vt., in December.
Trash was compacted at a landfill in Moretown, Vt., in December.
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Polluted waters poured down into a canal on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, Monday.
Polluted waters poured down into a canal on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, Monday.
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A man dug out a grate near a public garbage area in the south of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 10.
A man dug out a grate near a public garbage area in the south of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 10.
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Men collected recyclables from a pile of smoldering garbage on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, Monday.
Men collected recyclables from a pile of smoldering garbage on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, Monday.
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A truck unloaded non-recyclable material onto a landfill waste site near Redhill, U.K., April 2.
A truck unloaded non-recyclable material onto a landfill waste site near Redhill, U.K., April 2.
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Dump trucks unloaded garbage at a dumping ground near the village of Gorny Vozdukh, outside of the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Feb. 21.
Dump trucks unloaded garbage at a dumping ground near the village of Gorny Vozdukh, outside of the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Feb. 21.
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