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In Mexico, some see trash as treasure worth defending

Updated: 2012-02-26 07:55

By Elisabeth Malkin(The New York Times)

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 In Mexico, some see trash as treasure worth defending

"The garbage will never run out," one trash picker says. About 1,500 people work at a Bordo Poniente landfill. Rodrigo Cruz for The New York Times

In Mexico, some see trash as treasure worth defending

In Mexico, some see trash as treasure worth defending

In Mexico, some see trash as treasure worth defending

The New York Times

(China Daily 02/26/2012 page10)