Women in Waste

摘要

More than 116,000 sanitation workers collect 250 million tons of trash annually, according to a recent Mental Floss estimate. Statistics from the US Bureau of Labor Stats and Census in 2010 indicate that women comprised only 1% of that work force. Surveys conducted last year indicate that there's been little progress in the five-year interim-about 99% of garbage collectors in this country are still men.