Witness

Unwasted Poland (2015x11)

: 11, 2015

At the EKON waste disposal and recycling plant on the outskirts of Warsaw, all of the workers are mentally disabled - suffering from varying conditions from mild learning difficulties to developed schizophrenia. The employees collect the rubbish from 60,000 flats and sort recyclable material at the factory.The factory has run successfully as a company for 20 years. Many of its workers would find it hard, if not impossible to find other jobs.The work done here provides a necessary service to the community, but it also helps to restore the self-confidence of employees, giving them a sense of purpose, companionship and allowing them to earn a wage while contributing to society.However, the future of the company and its employees is now in jeopardy as the company battles market forces in tricky economic times.