About 80 families live in a slum area beG,veen Manila Bay Pier 18 and the so- called "Smoking Mountain," once the largest garbage dump in Asia, Every day children beGveen the ages of four and 12 paddle on ~mall rigid fO~l.[n flfiltS inm the bay to find recyclable plastic.
because maneuvering the floats between the large ships is qangerous and most of the children cannot SWIm. In the afternoons they sell the plastic and return with barely enough money m buy food and water. -HART,\1UT SCH\x'ARZflACH
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