Nicaraguan garbage recollectors work among the burning piles of garbage in the garbage dump La Chureca on 09 November 2004 in Managua, Nicaragua. La Chureca is the biggest garbage dump in Central America, it is a lively sewer of Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. This dumping ground lies on the shores of the contaminated lake Xolotlán. Hundreds of human trash recyclers search in tons of smouldering garbage mainly metals (copper, aluminium), others concentrate on glass which is cheap, but in bigger amount. The majority of the searchers are families with children for whom recycling is a regular job. The children very often eat the food they find on the dump, none of them goes to school, they suffer from skin diseases, they have high levels of lead and DDT in blood. Many of them sniff glue, the drug of the poorest. The inhabitants of Managua say that there is the end of the world in Nicaragua – it is called La Chureca.
{"Image ImageDescription": "MANAGUA, NICARAGUA - NOVEMBER 9: Nicaraguan garbage recollectors work among the burning piles of garbage in the garbage dump La Chureca on 09 November 2004 in Managua, Nicaragua. La Chureca is the biggest garbage dump in Central America, it is a lively sewer of Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. This dumping ground lies on the shores of the contaminated lake Xolotl?n. Hundreds of human trash recyclers search in tons of smouldering garbage mainly metals (copper, aluminium), others concentrate on glass which is cheap, but in bigger amount. The majority of the searchers are families with children for whom recycling is a regular job. The children very often eat the food they find on the dump, none of them goes to school, they suffer from skin diseases, they have high levels of lead and DDT in blood. Many of them sniff glue, the drug of the poorest. The inhabitants of Managua say that there is the end of the world in Nicaragua ? it is called La Chureca. (Photo by Jan Sochor/Latincontent/Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "2012 Jan Sochor"}