in down dura where one of nairobi's biggest dumpsites is located we speakers come every day to sort through the rubbish amongst them its twenty eight year old gardening or chair he views his work as an essential service and himself as a self-employed businessman he has specialized and can make a descent living from salvaging garbage. garbage covering an area bigger than thirty football fields just a few kilometers from the center of nairobi every day hundreds of trucks haul trash here from the city. the dump is like a big unorganized recycling center some people like godwin here almost every day salem you have heard of us were moved after the i sift through the garbage because i'm trying to earn a little money. i'm no longer on my own with the knife and i have a wife and child now and they're waiting for me to come home with milk or bread in