For India’s garbage pickers, a miserable and dangerous job made worse by extreme heat

For India’s garbage pickers, a miserable and dangerous job made worse by extreme heat

JAMMU, India — The putrid smell of burning garbage wafts for miles from the landfill on the outskirts of Jammu in a potentially toxic miasma fed by the plastics, industrial, medical and other waste generated by a city of some 740,000 people. But a handful of waste pickers ignore both the fumes and suffocating heat … Read more