How picking trash at the largest landfill in Indonesia became more profitable than farming

Dec 28 2022 by Business Insider

Bantar Gebang is one of the world's largest landfills. It accepts up to 7,000 tons of garbage every day from Jakarta, Indonesia. Thousands of poor families survive by scavenging through the trash.

Picking through a mountain of trash as high as 165 feet is how thousands of pemulung earn their living near Jakarta, Indonesia. They're at risk of getting injured by giant excavators, shards of glass, and methane emitted by the landfill.

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