Mexico

A Pepenadora Collects Cardboard in Mexico

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María Isabel González, 54, is a pepenadora who collects and sells garbage to recycling companies. She is searching for cardboard in San Pedro Garza García, a city in Mexico’s northern state of Nuevo León. A pepenador can make 2 Mexican pesos (11 cents) per kilogram (2.2 pounds) of cardboard.

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A Pepenadora Collects Cardboard in Mexico