Why don't we just recycle AT the landfill?

 Still at the Bariloche Recycling Association. This facility had so much going for it, it needed two posts.
I had yet to see something that quite like what was going on here in Bariloche. Notice that The Bariloche Recycling Association's building is across the street from the landfill. How convenient.

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 Here in Barlioche, the recyclers source directly from landfill. Some of the workers are in the building baling the bags of sorted material, but the majority of the workers are here in the open landfill waiting for the next truck to arrive with the City's garbage. They pull out plastic, metal, and fibers form the waste stream as soon as it hits the ground. And yes, they also have the landfill with the best view in South America, something they were proud to point out.

When I first arrived in Bariloche I took note that the City had no recycling effort. It was only after I found this gem that I realized that not only was the City recycling, but they were recycling quite well actually. The municipality pays the workers some money and helps with upkeep with the building, but the majority of their income comes from the sale of their baled commodities. This gives them a very strong incentive to pull all they can out of the landfill.

At the time of my visit they were building a 2nd, larger building to relocate the recycling balers. Also, a plot of land was being prepared to start composting. I've yet to see composting on a municipal level in South America and I can't wait to return in a couple years to see how it turns out.