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April 22, 2017

These trash pickers used to have miserable jobs. Now they run their own recycling cooperative.

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Fifteen million people around the world have perhaps the worst job imaginable: scavenging junk from the world's dumps. But in Morocco, a group of trash pickers has made the transition to well-paid employees of a new recycling center. And they hope it's an example others can follow. Produced by: Rebecca Rosman. Image credit: Rebecca Rosman.

Aired April 20, 2017

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