Professional recyclers in Colombia have flooded Bogota’s main square with hundreds of plastic bottles. they gathered in the capital as part of a protest urging more recognition of their work and better prices for their materials. "recyclers" gather scrap plastic, metal and cardboard, and then sell it on to warehouses or businesses that sell it on to recycling plants. but they say the price they’re being paid per kilo has dropped, they’re facing mounting competition from corporations and they’re calling on the government to act. Ruth Brook reports.
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