Europe's garbage dump

Source: https://www.zeit.de/green/2023-02/plastikmuell-exporte-tuerkei-eu-recycling-muellverbrennung

Authors: Anna Scheld & David Lombeida

On the outskirts of Istanbul, a boy in a mustard yellow jacket is standing in a huge tin garbage can. He rummages, pulls out empty plastic canisters and bottles. Throws them in his cart with the other plastic he has already collected. Can is twelve. His father left the family, his mother is chronically ill. He collects plastic to take to a recycling plant to make some money.