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A waste collector carries a basket of plastic and glass to recycle by Pazundaung Creek in Yangon on January 14, 2023. (AFP)

‘We can’t live without scavenging’: The workers harvesting Yangon’s waste

Deepening poverty and increased demand for scrap materials are driving ever more people, including children, to scavenge for rubbish in Myanmar’s cities, but worsening power cuts are creating recycling bottlenecks.

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