Cote d'Ivoire: In Abidjan, One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure

Pushing a makeshift cart constructed from wood scraps suspended on worn tyres, Séraphin Kapo goes door to door collecting household waste. Like most Ivoirians his age, he lacks a formal job. Yet, the 26-year-old is financially independent - thanks to garbage.

Every day at the break of dawn, Séraphin starts his walk around La Djibi and La Septième Tranche, two neighbourhoods in the Cocody district of eastern Abidjan. Wearing a pair of gloves, he pushes what he calls his "reliable companion", a garbage cart.

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