Dump | RT Documentary

“Don't worry about health, ignore pain,” says Abdykadyr, a scrap metal scavenger who works tirelessly with his family in a Bishkek landfill, where scavengers spend their days hunting for cans, copper, and aluminum.

Simply because it provides a small source of income, desperate poor people like Abdykadyr have to withstand the hazards, contamination, and physical injuries that come with toiling in mountains of trash. It is a struggle for survival.

Abdykadyr and all the unfortunate people working there were impelled into this lifestyle - each has their story. How are they handling such adversity? Find out more in ‘Dump’.