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Waste Land (2010)

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Yes, it's the largest landfill in terms of the volume of trash received daily.

Waste Land (2010)

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The ground underneath here is all soft.

Waste Land (2010)

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The landfill is like a plate of jell-o.

Waste Land (2010)

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If you keep adding to it without careful balancing...

Waste Land (2010)

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it will sink here or collapse there.

Waste Land (2010)

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You can see what they're recycling over there.

Waste Land (2010)

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And it's separate there.

Waste Land (2010)

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Cardboard, paper, plastics, glass, metal - they collect everything.

Waste Land (2010)

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It works like a stock exchange.

Waste Land (2010)

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They collect whatever the market demands at any given time.

Waste Land (2010)

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So the recycling wholesalers tell the pickers what they need...

Waste Land (2010)

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and then that's what they collect.

Waste Land (2010)

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Yes, that's right.

Waste Land (2010)

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They sell the materials right here at the landfill.

Waste Land (2010)

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And then it goes to the recycling wholesalers, the intermediaries.

Waste Land (2010)

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There they process it, removing the bottle caps and so on.

Waste Land (2010)

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From there it goes to another company for shredding.

Waste Land (2010)

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The shredded material gets sold again...

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to companies who mold it into car bumpers, buckets, etc.

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The pickers take out 200 tons of materials per day from the landfill.