Randy Olson, Melissa Farlow Photography

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After sheets of clear plastic trash have been washed in the Buriganga River, a woman spreads them out to dry to be sold to a recycler. Most of the recycling is done on public river banks and landings or under bridges. The plastic that is saved for recycling in this process is better than anything that can be automated in the USA. But the overburden - the unwanted plastic trash - that comes to this riverbank, invariably ends up in the Buringanga River watershed and eventually in the ocean.

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After sheets of clear plastic trash have been washed in the Buriganga River, a woman spreads them out to dry to be sold to a recycler. Most of the recycling is done on public river banks and landings or under bridges. The plastic that is saved for recycling in this process is better than anything that can be automated in the USA. But the overburden - the unwanted plastic trash - that comes to this riverbank, invariably ends up in the Buringanga River watershed and eventually in the ocean.