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‘These People Are Warriors.’ Meet the Waste Workers Taking Risks to Sort Your Recyclables
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On Friday morning, Noel Turner — gloved, masked, and dressed in an apron and hard hat — attacked the refuse stream rolling by her on a fast-moving conveyor belt, pulling out plastic bags and loose plastic films, and tossing them into a metal bin by her side.