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Recycling hair for a living

May 17, 2023

Women in Korogocho, a slum in Nairobi, earn a living from recycling synthetic hair from one of Africa's largest rubbish heaps – the Dandora Municipal Dumpsite. For a small profit, the women brave toxic smoke to pick out waste hair to wash and sell to beauty salons.

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