From MIT comes a video on life at the Bluefields dump. It's a real eye-opener for people who haven't experienced a visit yet.
Waste pickers, Bluefields, Nicaragua 2011 from Erik Flakoll Alegría on Vimeo.
http://colabradio.mit.edu/snapshot-of-life-in-a-nicaraguan-dump-site/
By Casey Callais -- The MIT Community Innovators Lab partners with D-Lab on a fall course where students collaborate with wastepickers, the UNDP, blueEnergy, and the municipality of Bluefields to develop waste management strategies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create enterprise opportunties for the women featured in this film.
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