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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.
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 man stirs a leather incinerator against a backdrop of electrical towers and the setting sun, near the town of Bantala, in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
A worker at a small plastic recycling facility in Dhapa, Kolkata, India, right next to the Dhapa dumping ground, which is the main landfill for Kolkata.
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.
Burning piles of scrap metal near Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the site of Kolkata's largest landfill, and numerous recycling and incineration operations.
A girl smiles for a portrait near the Dhapa landfill, Kolkata, India. Hundreds of people work at farms and recycling facilities near the landfill.
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.
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.
A man stirs a leather incinerator against a backdrop of electrical towers and the setting sun, near the town of Bantala, in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
A man recycles flip-flop sandals in Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the site of Kolkata's main landfill, and a large number of recycling operations.
Girl at a recycling operation near Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the site of the main landfill for Kolkata.
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.
Trash fills a creek near Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the site of Kolkata's largest landfill, and numerous recycling and incineration operations.
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.
Children at a small plastic recycling facility in Dhapa, Kolkata, India, right next to the Dhapa dumping ground, which is the main landfill for Kolkata.
A makeshift recycling facility in an old decaying building in the Shyambazar area of Kolkata, India.
A makeshift recycling facility in an old decaying building in the Shyambazar area of Kolkata, India.
Men disassemble cassette tapes at a makeshift recycling facility in an old decaying building in the Shyambazar area of Kolkata, India.
Paper recycling along the Hooghly River near Barabazar, Kolkata, India. The facility handles textbooks, newspapers, school papers, and office papers. They separate out high quality newspaper pages and inserts, which are sold to the thousands of food vendors in Kolkata to wrap street food in.