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One Man’s Trash, Another Man’s Treasure

Hemali and her husband Nimalsiri started collecting and separating solid waste by chance. “When Arthavida Limited started buying solid waste from people, we also sold them some unused stuff we had. But then, children from the area heard about this and started bringing me all types of solid waste to earn some pocket money. I bought it from them, and sold it to Arthavida Intermediary Limited for a slightly higher price. This kept going on, until everyone in the area started bringing in everything from bottles to old TV’s, and now we’ve been doing it since. It’s been 15 years since we started and we are very happy because we have a steady income that helps us live a comfortable life.” © Reza Akram / DFAT 2017

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Hemali and her husband Nimalsiri started collecting and separating solid waste by chance. “When Arthavida Limited started buying solid waste from people, we also sold them some unused stuff we had. But then, children from the area heard about this and started bringing me all types of solid waste to earn some pocket money. I bought it from them, and sold it to Arthavida Intermediary Limited for a slightly higher price. This kept going on, until everyone in the area started bringing in everything from bottles to old TV’s, and now we’ve been doing it since. It’s been 15 years since we started and we are very happy because we have a steady income that helps us live a comfortable life.” © Reza Akram / DFAT 2017