Aerial shot showing the Payatas garbage dump INQUIRER PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Garbage pickers and scavengers may soon have a steady source of income as entrepreneurs as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reaffirmed its plan to look into their plight. 'This sector is still locked out of the value chain of solid waste management, but they are in fact, critical and essential as part of the supply chain,' Environment Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga said during a recent World Wildlife Fund for Nature-Philippine media event.

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