The Ultimate in Recycling
In this photo essay, End of the Line, on the Foreign Policy website photographer Brendan Corr captures scenes of thousands of Bangladeshi men women and children working on dismantling a 240,000 pound supertanker.
It is difficult – no impossible - to imagine what life must be like for these ultimate recyclers. They work all day with no shoes or gloves. If they are injured (which is a common occurrence), there is no insurance or healthcare. Injured workers are often reduced to begging for subsistence.
Yet with all of these impediments, this industry employs 200,000 Bangladeshis and, according to the site, supplies 80% of the country’s steel.