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“Striking Gold on a Mountain of Garbage”

Lowly Scraps Create High Fashion

 

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Empowering Trash Scavengers in Manila

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Talking trash takes on a new meaning in a poverty-stricken part of Manila near a mammoth mountain of garbage known as the Tondo dump site.

What was once a struggle for survival with women scavenging among scraps as raw material for rugs to sell on the streets became a lesson in entrepreneurship.

They “cut out the middle man,” teaming with top Filipino designers to make a huge fashion statement.



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