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Trash fills a creek near Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the site of Kolkata's largest landfill, and numerous recycling and incineration operations.
Plastic burns in a fire at the Dhapa landfill, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the main landfill for Kolkata's 13 million people.
Primitive furnaces in the East Kolkata Wetlands near Bantala burn scrap leather from handbag factories, Kolkata, India. The furnaces belch out thick smoke day in and day out, contributing to Kolkata's poor air quality.
Air pollution from smelters and fires near Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is also the site of Kolkata's largest landfill.
Foamy, dirty water in an unnamed creek near Bantala and Dhapa, Kolkata, India. The area is home to the main landfill for Kolkata, and a large number of small recycling operations, as well as leather incinerators. Pollution in the area is extreme.
Piles of asphalt waiting to be melted down and recycled at a small facility near the Dhapa landfill, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Workers carry baskets of leather scraps to be incinerated near the town of Bantala, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India. There are more than a dozen furnaces putting out large volumes of toxic smoke all day, and workers wear no protection.
A boy dribbles a soccer ball on a dusty, polluted road in Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the site of Kolkata's largest landfill, and numerous recycling and incineration operations.
Workers carry baskets of leather scraps to be incinerated near the town of Bantala, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India. There are more than a dozen furnaces putting out large volumes of toxic smoke all day, and workers wear no protection.
A slum area in Ward 65, Chamrapatti, Kolkata, India. Leather tanning for handbags and purses is the main activity in the community. Child In Need Institute (CINI, cinindia.org) works in the area.
Primitive furnaces in the East Kolkata Wetlands near Bantala burn scrap leather from handbag factories, Kolkata, India. The furnaces belch out thick smoke day in and day out, contributing to Kolkata's poor air quality.
Workers at a facility that burns scrap leather, near Bantala, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Plastic burns in a fire at the Dhapa landfill, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the main landfill for Kolkata's 13 million people.
A woman collecting scrap for recycling stands on top of the Dhapa landfill, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the main landfill for Kolkata's 13 million people.
A girl smiles for a portrait near the Dhapa landfill, Kolkata, India. Hundreds of people work at farms and recycling facilities near the landfill.
Piles of asphalt waiting to be melted down and recycled at a small facility near the Dhapa landfill, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Primitive furnaces in the East Kolkata Wetlands near Bantala burn scrap leather from handbag factories, Kolkata, India. The furnaces belch out thick smoke day in and day out, contributing to Kolkata's poor air quality.
Trash fills a creek near Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the site of Kolkata's largest landfill, and numerous recycling and incineration operations.