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As Indonesia cuts methane emissions, life atop a mountain of garbage begins to change

As Indonesia cuts methane emissions, life atop a mountain of garbage begins to change
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Long before dawn breaks over Indonesia ’s largest landfill, Nur Wencih joins thousands of waste pickers climbing mountains of garbage, searching for anything they can sell. The 35-year-old widow has worked at the site on Jakarta’s eastern edge for two decades, following her parents, who still ear...

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