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Images of Empowerment

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Justina Mokoena (left) and Liberia Mapesmoawe (right) are both waste pickers on the Boitshepi landfill in South Africa and members of the growing Majakathatha Cooperative. They sort through what the municipal and private trucks dump there, looking for valuable recyclables which they sell to a middleman. This provides an income and reduces the volume of waste buried in the landfill. The coop is fighting to have the price of recyclables regulated so that waste pickers receive fair payment for the glass, metal, plastic, and paper they remove from the landfill. FULLY RELEASED - CONSENT NUMBER: JHB008 & JHB009

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Location

Sasolburg, Free State Province, South Africa

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Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment

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