Design
Coming Soon to a Favela Near You: A Machine That Turns Old Soda Cans Into Furniture
The Rube Goldbergian "mobile foundry" smelts aluminum cans into helpful objects for your butt.
In São Paulo, much of the recycling is handled by poor trash-pickers who comb through landfills to extract aluminum, glass, and other not-quite-worthless materials. The pickers, known as catadores, leverage this material for cash, allowing them another day of food and drink and sifting through wealthier people's garbage.