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Associated Press In a country that's always identified itself as much with Europe as with Latin America, there's profound ambivalence toward the estimated 10,000 garbage scavengers -- known as "cartoneros" -- who take over Buenos Aires 'streets at night.
A Model's Hands 2008
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At left, group of "cartoneros" waited for the train outside Buenos Aires in August of 2002.
A Model's Hands 2008
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The law also bans the incineration of urban waste and includes a recycling program in which "cartoneros" (unemployed people that making a living by digging through the trash for recyclable items) will be employed to manage the process.
Virtual Sit-Ins: Hacktivism, A New Type of Online Protest 2006
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The law also bans the incineration of urban waste and includes a recycling program in which "cartoneros" (unemployed people that making a living by digging through the trash for recyclable items) will be employed to manage the process.
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The law also bans the incineration of urban waste and includes a recycling program in which "cartoneros" (unemployed people that making a living by digging through the trash for recyclable items) will be employed to manage the process.
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She and her family were among 10,000 'cartoneros' who survive in the city by selling scraps of cardboard and used cans and bottles to recycling plants.
Pretty Blogger 2009
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She and her family were among 10,000 "cartoneros" who survive in the city by selling scraps of cardboard and used cans and bottles to recycling plants.
Pretty Blogger 2009
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She and her family were among 10,000 "cartoneros" who survive in the city by selling scraps of cardboard and used cans and bottles to recycling plants.
Pretty Blogger 2009
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Daniela's family was reduced to poverty after her parents lost their jobs in Argentina's financial crisis and they were forced to join the "cartoneros" of Buenos Aires - the 10,000 people who survive by finding and selling scraps of recyclable material to processing plants.
National Nine News 2009
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She and her family were among 10,000 'cartoneros' who survive in the city by selling scraps of cardboard and used cans and bottles to recycling plants.
Anywhere But Here 2009
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