Mr Sariban has made it his mission to rid his city of trash. Every day, he patrols the streets of Bandung, Indonesia looking for garbage. When he started 30 years ago, they called him crazy. Today, he’s a local hero.
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Mr Sariban, The Street Cleaner
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She is the founder and Editor-at-Large of The Urban Activist. In 2019, she launched this non-profit publication to energise creative approaches to pressing urban issues.
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