When trash amounts to cash

Buried treasure: Villagers sifting through plastic waste in the village of Bangun in Java. — AFP

Bangun (Indonesia): His weathered face breaks out in a big grin as Keman explains how sifting through rubbish paid for his children’s education, one of many in his Indonesian hometown basking in a waste-picking boom.

Governments around the world are grappling with how to tackle the scourge of single-use plastic, but for the people of Bangun trash equals cash.