The documentary "Recycled Life" tells about people living in the garbage collection area in Guatemala City.

VOA: special.2009.03.25

Priority environmental issues were beach erosion and a lack of a garbage collection system and designated area for garbage disposal.

UNESCO: Opinion survey

And he describes the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an enormous expanse of the Pacific Ocean where currents concentrate the trash over a continent-sized area.

ECONOMIST: A history of waste