Short Documentary Video Competition about Waste Collectors/Recyclers in Hong Kong & Bogota

We all know that recycling renders great benefits to the environment by reducing the amount of waste that goes to landfills and dumps, and reduces pollution and the energy required to obtain raw material from virgin sources. What is less evident is that recycling also helps a great number of people (in both the developed and the developing world) by providing an important source of income.

The Waste Pickers & Recyclers Social Documentary Competion is a participatory media and data collection event, our main objective is to learn about and record the lives of recyclers, and promote awareness about them and propose projects and initiatives to improve their working conditions. The material collected through this competition will be used in the future as a resource for a feature-length documentary and academic publications.