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May
Johnson Doe, 36, started working as a waste picker in the sprawling Kpone Landfill in Accra, Ghana, 20 years ago. It’s not the type of job he imagined for himself as a young man, but it’s how he supports his wife, two children and his parents. ”I wanted to be a military pilot but, you know, life happens,” he said. He collects items such as plastic bottles, aluminum cans and scrap metal, which he sells to recycling companies that buy them by weight. The money it brings in depends on market demand, but typically, he makes $13 a day. Often,…