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This photograph shows the slow progress of waste pickers around the Andralanitra landfill site as they finish their round in the mid-morning. These workers, referred to as “chiffonniers” (ragpickers) in Madagascar, rummage the mountains of garbage for their most valuable objects. The baskets and hooks that are visible here are the only tools at their … Read more

The series of events planned around “The City of Waste” exhibition is an invitation to reflect upon the relationship societies have with their waste. The travelling exhibition designed by researchers belonging to the Sociétés Urbaines et Déchets (SUD) (Urban Societies and Waste) Network (sud.hypotheses.org), is accompanied by the screening of a documentary film, public debates … Read more