Turning to garbage dumps to survive, Argentines feel the pain of 100% inflation

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Turning to garbage dumps to survive, Argentines feel the pain of 100% inflation | Reuters

By Lucila Sigal

BUENOS AIRES, Oct 13 - Argentines facing an inflation rate set to top 100% this year are grappling to survive, turning to recycling from garbage dumps or lining up to trade their belongings in barter clubs. «My income is no longer enough,» said Sergio Omar, who spends 12 hours a day trawling through mountains of waste from a landfill in Lujan, 65 kilometers outside capital Buenos Aires, in search of cardboard, plastic and metal which he sells. At the dump, Reuters saw men and women searching for usable clothing and even food, wading through piles of rubbish where gas given off by the decomposing waste created sudden fires. But in recent years it has slid from one economic crisis to another and has struggled to keep inflation in check.