Zambiza
A friend in Cleveland, Jeff Prough, told me that I had to check out Quito’s dump. He had been there before, and people essentially were living and working in the city’s garbage.
So, I had some free time and made my way there. I guess I must have snuck in, inadvertently, as the guards were attending to some workers. The main garbage site has been moved out of Quito, so Zambezi seems like a smaller recycling plant. As I got to the back and took some of the portraits below, I was stopped by a private armed security guard. I told him I didn’t speak Spanish, and as he left, presumably to find someone else, I decided I should leave. As I got back to the gate, the entire administration was waiting for me and a woman who spoke English got pretty angry…seemed like they’re trying to hide something. Maybe it’s worth a look sometime.
