Demes, 29
November 14, 2018
Not his real name, Demes means in Indonesian 'flat nose'. But he doesn't have a flat nose and has no idea why people call him that.
He is Dona's husband, and works as an excavator operator which is a relatively desirable job to have. He earns 9.1 million rupiah per month, which is good money. He works 8 hour shifts, in a shift cycle of days and nights.
Although this must be repetitive work, repeating the same action of passing a scoop load of trash up to the next level over and over, he gets to sit in the digger, rather than the back breaking work scavenging off the landfill. He got the job through a connection of his uncle.
In the past, he was moving from project to project all over Java, but he is glad he is permanently based here now because he can see his family every day.
You can listen to the full interviews here: https://soundcloud.com/lifeatthelandfill
November 14, 2018
Not his real name, Demes means in Indonesian 'flat nose'. But he doesn't have a flat nose and has no idea why people call him that.
He is Dona's husband, and works as an excavator operator which is a relatively desirable job to have. He earns 9.1 million rupiah per month, which is good money. He works 8 hour shifts, in a shift cycle of days and nights.
Although this must be repetitive work, repeating the same action of passing a scoop load of trash up to the next level over and over, he gets to sit in the digger, rather than the back breaking work scavenging off the landfill. He got the job through a connection of his uncle.
In the past, he was moving from project to project all over Java, but he is glad he is permanently based here now because he can see his family every day.
You can listen to the full interviews here: https://soundcloud.com/lifeatthelandfill