Rubbish Dumps in Mega Cities | Andrew Marr’s Mega Cities

Duration: 3'17''

Synopsis

Andrew Marr visits one of London's landfill sites, by contrast, in Dhaka people in poverty are constantly recycling and reusing materials from rubbish dumps.

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