The rooftops in Dharavi slum

Slumdog Entrepreneurs

Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, is the recycling center of India. In some 15,000 single room factories, thousands of locals handle at least 80% of Mumbai's plastics as well as everything from tin cans to toy cars.
Photographs by Daniel Berehulak / Getty

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