The Tapias are ragpickers who earn a living from a nearby municipal dump. |
Labourers, ragpickers in the mornings or film poster affixers during the night are the worst hit, not to forget children who are drawn to them and two-wheeler riders. |
The government also announced plans to integrate the ragpickers into the formal waste system, by giving out protective clothing and training. |
In recent months, ragpickers in Delhi have been denied access to much of the rubbish upon which they depend. |
For example, ragpickers traditionally recover solid waste from the landfills of San Pedro in Colombia. |
Our Lady is not Joan of the dishclout, that such draught-house ragpickers as you should be pinned to her tail. |