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Maryury Ruiz, a waste picker in Bogotá, works at the collection centre La Pensilvania, which is managed by the Asociación de Recicladores de Bogotá (ARB), an organization of waste pickers associations and cooperatives that advocates for waste pickers' rights. Although the city has implemented a programme to promote separation of waste by residents, the recycling bags still arrive with a large proportion of mixed waste, damaging the materials and exposing waste pickers to health and occupational hazards. . Special Instructions - Full release: all subjects signed our form of model release MRBOG-011