A garbage collector prepares to search for recyclables at the “La Chimba”, a 30.78 hectares garbage dump site in Antofagasta city, about 1317 km (818 miles) north of Santiago, January 19, 2012. Some 150 people in extreme poverty live and work in the dump to search metals, plastics, cardboard and papers to sell, collecting near 160 kg of recyclables per person in a day. La Chimba, one of the largest dumps in Chile which receives around 130,000 tons of waste per year, will be shut down after more than 40 years and will be replaced with a recycling plant, according to local media. REUTERS/Cristobal Saavedra
