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Downtown Oaxaca city in southern Mexico. 

Oaxaca trash dump closure wreaks environmental havoc

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The closure of Oaxaca’s trash dump in October is wreaking havoc on the environment. As world leaders gather for the COP27 climate conference, Oaxaca’s trash problems indicate just how complicated climate protection can be at the local level.

Najat Rabat and Yassine Mazzout used to work picking trash from a landfill outside Morocco's capital. Now they work together at a new recycling cooperative.

These trash pickers used to have miserable jobs. Now they run their own recycling cooperative.

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Tunisians are taking ‘trash selfies’ in an effort to get cleaner streets

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French pop and rock has been mostly ridiculed in the US. Phoenix is different � Lead singer Thomas Mars tells Marco Werman the success of the French band may be due to the fact they were influenced by the right musical role models.

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Recycling for Argentina’s poor

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Reporter Richard Reynolds tells us about a recycling program in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, that’s helping some of the city’s poor provide for their families, and regain some of their dignity.

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Fair Game correspondent Eliza Skinner digs deep into the world of urban food scavenging.

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