Trash Pickers
... 200 families live at the dump and work as so-called trash pickers.
Trash Picker
10kg Trash = 0.60 francs
10kg Rice = 6.15 francs
Collecting waste
Transporting waste
Sorting waste
Sell plastic / cardboard / PET
The work
- The people in TPA Suwung live in simple wooden/sheet metal huts.
- It happens that three or four people have to sleep on an old mattress
- Shared kitchen
- Shared toilet
Living
Here 20 families live together under one roof. Separated by simple wooden walls.
Community - Hut