Inside the 'garbage mountain' feed 5,000 poor Indonesian people

Not only is the place to gather all the junk, the huge landfill in Bantar Gebang, Bekasi, Indonesia is also a rich source of life for 5,000 poor people in the neighborhood.

In Bantar Gebang county in Bekasi city, East Jakarta, Indonesia has a huge yard of 110 hectares. Here, waste is as high as mountains, which are mainly wood waste products, damaged household items . and many other discarded things.

110 hectares of landfill in Bantar Gebang, Bekasi.

Due to receiving about 6,000 tons of garbage every day, and more severe weather, the place is always stinking and full of flies and mosquitoes. However, it is more than just a huge mountain of garbage, this place is also a source of life for 5,000 people living in the surrounding area.

Every day, the poor people go to the landfill to look for waste products from plastic, glass, wood, aluminum or anything of value to them, even rancid meat and vegetables thrown away by others. . It is thanks to these seemingly "ineffective things" that they can maintain their wrong lives.

This is not only a huge mountain of garbage, this place is also a source of life for 5000 people living in the surrounding area.

People are looking for waste products in the landfill.

The weather is so harsh that the place is always stinking and full of flies and mosquitoes.

A man next to the reusable clothes found.

Although filthy, foul, but it helps feed the poor people here.

Waste here is as high as mountain.

Bekasi is a city in West Java province, on the island of Java, Indonesia. Bekasi is located on the eastern boundary of Jakarta in the Jabodetabek metropolitan area, in the south is Bogor district, in the east is Bekasi district. With an area of ​​210.49km², it is Indonesia's fourth largest city.