Garbage for goods
Mexico City, Mexico
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A volunteer hoists a bag filled with plastic bottles into a truck during an urban barter market in Mexico City.
The market was launched by the Ministry of Environment and aims to raise awareness of consumer waste. Customers who take part “sell” objects like glass, cardboard, old computers and mobiles phones in exchange for mock money, which they can then use to buy goods.
A man sells newspapers during the barter market.
People carry away a bag full of garbage.
Others line up at the event, at the Monument of the Revolution in Mexico City.
A volunteer lifts crates of plastic bottles into a truck.
A boy lies under a table of radishes at the market.
A woman "buys" some small plants.
A sign reading "Lettuce, 16 points" is seen at the market.
