20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Plastic Bottle Recycling
Workers sort used plastic bottles at a recycling factory in Noakhali, Bangladesh. Employees help to prevent the bottles being discarded, sent to landfill, where they can take 1,000 years to biodegrade, or incinerated, which produces toxic fumes.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 05.2021 |
Date Uploaded: | 10.2022 |
Photo Location: | Noakhali, Bangladesh |
Camera: | NIKON D610 |
Copyright: | © Joy Saha |