Plastic Bottles Recycler in Lima

Although recycling is not a coherent public policy in Lima, the activity is wide spread. Thousands of low income people participate in recycling. For some people recycling is a full-time job, like the recycler in this picture, who is preparing to deliver the product of his work. For most people, however, recycling is an income generation strategy, a way of complementing their incomes. They collect mainly plastic bottles and aluminum cans and take them to informal recycling centers distributed throughout the city.

Photo and post by Sebastiao Ferreira. This post is number 6 of 52 in Sebastiao’s 52-week photo journal.