emre caylak

Photographer

Refugees in Turkey get exploited in the recycling industry

Location: Dnipro, Ukraine

Nationality: Turkish

Biography: Emre is a photographer based in Istanbul working on social and environmental topics. His work has been published in various magazines and newspapers such as ”The Guardian, Foreign Policy, Der Spiegel, Stern TV, The Village Voice, The... MORE

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Recyclate made from plastic waste from a factory in Adana. It sells it to the plastics industry as a secondary raw material. Adana, Turkey 2021

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Ismail works in a factory that recycles plastic waste. Adana is one of the centers of Turkey's recycling industry.

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Ali lives with his wife in a simple apartment in Adana, Turkey and works in a recycling factory for 4 Euros a day.

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Kocavezir district the main area for the Syrian population in Adana, Turkey 2021.

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a dog looks on from behind the paramater wall of a rubbish sorting workshop. Adana, Turkey 2021

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A recycling factory located in the center of Adana. Factories in the recycling industry lack control and some are used illegally.Adana, Turkey 2021.

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Hussein posing for a picture in Adana, Turkey 2021.

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Refugees in Turkey get exploited in the recycling industry

Copyright emre caylak 2022

Updated Mar 2022

Location Adana, Turkey

Topics Environment, Human Rights, Journalism

Summary

Refugees in Turkey get exploited in the recycling industry in Adana, Turkey.

Exporting plastic waste has been causing environmental hazards in the receiving countries. Adding to that refugees get exploited processing the waste that Europe doesn’t want.