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#12599443
30 July 2025
In Tangerang Selatan, Indonesia, on July 30, 2025, a worker operates a hydraulic press at Koperasi Pemulung Berdaya, surrounded by heaps of plastic bottles ready to be compacted. The cooperative processes thousands of bottles daily, turning waste into bales of pressed plastic for resale. Amid chaotic piles of discarded materials, this small-scale recycling effort helps reduce plastic pollution while providing income and stability for local waste workers.
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#12590661
27 July 2025
A rag picker searches for recyclable materials at roadside household dumps in Siliguri, India, on July 27, 2025.
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#12537700
7 July 2025
A man with a bicycle collects refundable bottles near a recycle bin in the English Garden in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on July 6, 2025.
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#12521403
1 July 2025
A man swims through the heavily polluted waters of the Mithi River while towing a makeshift raft filled with recyclable plastic waste in Mumbai, India, on July 1, 2025. Informal waste pickers often risk their health navigating toxic water bodies to collect and sell discarded materials for survival.
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#12521405
1 July 2025
A man swims through the heavily polluted waters of the Mithi River while towing a makeshift raft filled with recyclable plastic waste in Mumbai, India, on July 1, 2025. Informal waste pickers often risk their health navigating toxic water bodies to collect and sell discarded materials for survival.
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#12484672
18 June 2025
Plastic bottles are sorted for further processing inside a waste processing plant in Firmat, Santa Fe, Argentina, on June 17, 2025.
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#12484673
18 June 2025
A worker sorts waste from a conveyor belt at a waste processing plant in Firmat, Santa Fe, Argentina, on June 17, 2025.
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#12484674
18 June 2025
A worker sorts waste from a conveyor belt at a waste processing plant in Firmat, Santa Fe, Argentina, on June 17, 2025.
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#12484660
18 June 2025
Compacted waste bundles for recycling lie outside a waste processing plant in Firmat, Santa Fe, Argentina, on June 17, 2025.
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#12484661
18 June 2025
Compacted waste bundles for recycling lie outside a waste processing plant in Firmat, Santa Fe, Argentina, on June 17, 2025.
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#12484662
18 June 2025
Compacted waste bundles for recycling lie outside a waste processing plant in Firmat, Santa Fe, Argentina, on June 17, 2025.
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#12484664
18 June 2025
Compacted waste bundles for recycling lie outside a waste processing plant in Firmat, Santa Fe, Argentina, on June 17, 2025.
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#12484665
18 June 2025
Compacted waste bundles for recycling lie outside a waste processing plant in Firmat, Santa Fe, Argentina, on June 17, 2025.
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#12484668
18 June 2025
Compacted waste bundles for recycling lie outside a waste processing plant in Firmat, Santa Fe, Argentina, on June 17, 2025.
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#12445769
5 June 2025
A worker sorts plastic bags and glass bottles at a scrap collection shop in Siliguri, India, on June 5, 2025. The official theme for World Environment Day is to beat plastic pollution, which affects ecosystems and public and wildlife health.
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#12414390
27 May 2025
A bright orange garbage truck operated by AWM (Abfallwirtschaftsbetrieb Munchen) displays a comic-style advertisement encouraging proper waste separation (''Wir trennen!'') while it drives along a street in Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, on May 26, 2025. The vehicle is part of the city's bio-waste collection service.
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