{
  "id": 18503034,
  "title": "The human cost of recycling: Kenyan waste pickers put their health at risk",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/the-human-cost-of-recycling-kenyan-waste-pickers-put-their-health-at",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T12:34:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/reporters/20261106-the-human-cost-of-recycling-kenyan-waste-pickers-put-their-health-at-risk"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two thousand tonnes of waste are dumped every day at the Dandora landfill site in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. An army of workers then rush in to recover recyclable materials, putting their own health at risk in the process. But however hard these unsung environmental heroes work, only 7 percent of the plastic can be recycled. Our correspondents report.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}