Scavenger as Part of The Waste Management System

Indonesia has scavengers that collects recyclable trash on the streets and give them to a trash collector in which they get paid in return. There are also other types of collector that comes to peoples house to receive recyclable trash in larger amounts. These collectors would give the people they receive recyclable trash some money, and the collectors would still receive money when they store the trash back at the main trash collector. The recyclable trash at the main trash collector are then recycled and made into different products. I believe they are also sold to companies that make recycle products.

Indonesia waste management system is not the best. There are still many trashes that leak to the rivers and later on to the ocean. That is why these scavengers actually play a vital role in preventing recyclable trash from ending up in the rivers and ocean. Scavengers collect trash they find on the side of the road, sometimes they would also search for plastic bottles in trash can. It is really saddening, especially since scavenger receives a small amount of money for the trash they collect.