A cleaner at a people’s housing project in Kuala Lumpur standing on a ledge to scrape off food waste thrown by residents from above with a shovel. — YAP CHEE HONG/The Star
PERCHED precariously on a ledge about 15ft (4.5m) above ground at a people’s housing project (PPR) in Kuala Lumpur, Pawan (not his real name) scraped off dried food consisting of rice, vegetables and fruits as well as sanitary pads and diapers with a shovel into a large waste bin below.
He almost slipped as the ledge was coated in oil and grease.
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