0:00:02 > 0:00:04Three British workers - a train driver,
0:00:04 > 0:00:08a binman and a fisherman.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11They've all accepted the challenge
0:00:11 > 0:00:15to do their job in some of the toughest conditions on the planet.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19How safe is it to go through the breakers in the boat?
0:00:19 > 0:00:21If I said it was tough before,
0:00:21 > 0:00:24you could probably times that by 100.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26I'm so upset at what goes on here.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29I'd like to go and knock them out, to tell you the truth.
0:00:30 > 0:00:35Wilbur Ramirez is leaving his job as a London binman
0:00:35 > 0:00:39to work on the streets of Jakarta, alongside some of the poorest people on the planet.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44There's rats absolutely everywhere.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47He'll be swapping his air-conditioned truck
0:00:47 > 0:00:49for a hand cart and the sweltering heat.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52I don't even think it's coming up to midday yet,
0:00:52 > 0:00:54but the sun here is boiling.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58And as he discovers a city drowning in its own waste...
0:00:58 > 0:01:02I mean, there's actual islands out there of crap.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06..Wilbur will struggle to come to terms with a world
0:01:06 > 0:01:08where people survive on things we throw away.
0:01:09 > 0:01:14This place makes me so pigging angry.
0:01:14 > 0:01:20This programme contains some strong language
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Hi-ho, off to work we go.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Wilbur Ramirez is a London binman.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Yeah, baby, yeah.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53I think binmen are the most important thing London's got,
0:01:53 > 0:01:57besides the firemen and the rest of the emergency services.
0:01:57 > 0:02:03London's binmen remove more than 55,000 tons of rubbish every day.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08Wilbur's been clearing bins from the streets of Hammersmith & Fulham for five years.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13His round covers more than 1,600 houses and takes him
0:02:13 > 0:02:18from council estates to some of the swankiest addresses in the city.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21It is a hard graft.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24You can't come in here and not think that you're not going to graft.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29Wilbur's day starts at dawn, at the council depot.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31This is my lorry.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35First stop, pick up the crew.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37HORN HOOTS
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Come on!
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Everyone here has to sort their rubbish
0:02:42 > 0:02:45and put the recycling in separate bags.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46The rules are strict.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49The black bags are your household rubbish, all right?
0:02:49 > 0:02:52The orange bags are supposed to be just for recycling.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55And for people who don't play ball,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Wilbur's got the might of the council behind him.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03We've come to this house, it's got a load of cardboard in the front. They should really bound it up.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05I really don't have to take it if it's like that.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08I'm going to get Terry to take a picture. If it happens again,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11then they could get reprimanded.
0:03:11 > 0:03:16But the real villain in the life of a binman is the fly-tipper.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19They just dump it there and expect us to take a bit.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Yeah, I don't like fly-tippers at all, really.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26They don't have any consideration for anyone. They just cause havoc.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Tell them it's a fly-tip and what do they want us to do with it.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36Even the legal rubbish can contain some surprises.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40I tell you what, it's amazing what you find in this rubbish, as well.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Nothing wrong with it.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Some people got more money than sense.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Ah-ha, laptop.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56Digital camera. These are a dime a dozen. We find these near enough every day.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58It's tough physical work,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01but the boys are always up for a bit of a laugh.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03HE LAUGHS
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Great bunch of fellas that I work with. There's a lot of banter.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10There's two in there for you... Where is he?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13'There's stuff we get up to that we're not supposed to.'
0:04:13 > 0:04:15You know, little boy stuff, really.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17It's hit and run!
0:04:17 > 0:04:19THEY LAUGH
0:04:19 > 0:04:24It is a stinky job, so you've got to have something to balance it out.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29This is where I love you and leave you, son.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31- See you in the morning. - See you later.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34My job? One of the best jobs in the world.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37You've got a lot of time. You've got the whole day to yourself.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40With his working day usually over by one o'clock,
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Wilbur gets to spend plenty of time with his wife Nicky
0:04:44 > 0:04:46and the kids Olivia, Maya and Marlon.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48What are you washing, darling?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Yay! You washing the lamb?
0:04:50 > 0:04:54That's Daddy's girl. Aren't you? Are you Daddy's girl?
0:04:54 > 0:04:56- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57'Family's everything.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01'Knowing that I'm providing for my family,
0:05:01 > 0:05:03'that's what gets me up in the morning.'
0:05:03 > 0:05:06I'm not ashamed in any way that, you know, my old man's a dustman.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09I'm proud that he does such a dirty job
0:05:09 > 0:05:11and provides for the family.
0:05:11 > 0:05:17Now, Wilbur's heading off to another capital city, 7,000 miles away.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19I'm really proud that he's going.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22I'm just thinking, "What will I cook every night for two weeks?"
0:05:22 > 0:05:25I don't know. Thai food, I've had,
0:05:25 > 0:05:28but I don't know if that's Indonesia or not.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31I'm really baffled of where Indonesia is.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33To me, it could be in Timbuktu.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37But he's got one final engagement before he goes.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42Wilbur's playing a farewell gig with his band for family and friends.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45I've never been that far away from home.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46It's halfway across the world.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50"What have I let myself in for?" was going through my mind right now.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53I'm looking forward to it.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54Happy days.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Yeah!
0:05:58 > 0:06:02CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia,
0:06:13 > 0:06:16home to 28 million people and growing.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19It's a city of extremes.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22In the shadow of gleaming skyscrapers,
0:06:22 > 0:06:23millions live in poverty.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29With an exploding population creating more and more rubbish,
0:06:29 > 0:06:31the authorities struggle to cope.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35On the sweltering streets, open tips fester
0:06:35 > 0:06:38and the rivers are choking with filth.
0:06:41 > 0:06:46This modern city still depends on just 3,000 impoverished binmen
0:06:46 > 0:06:49who scrape a desperate living from Jakarta's rubbish.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57Good morning, Jakarta!
0:06:59 > 0:07:03For the next ten days, Wilbur will be working with 28-year-old Imam,
0:07:03 > 0:07:06an Indonesian binman, and his family.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08- Hello?- Hello?
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- Is it Imam?- Yeah. - Ah, nice to meet you, man.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12- Imam.- Nice to meet you, Wilbur. - Wilbur?- OK?
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Children! Nice to meet you, my lovely.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Hello, gorgeous. Hello! Hello!
0:07:20 > 0:07:24We're going to be working together, you and me?
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30About five years. How long have you been doing it?
0:07:32 > 0:07:37Oh, so same? How many people do you work with?
0:07:37 > 0:07:38Just one.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Just you?
0:07:41 > 0:07:42Bye-bye.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48It's time for Wilbur to see where Imam works.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00What's all that?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04This is a tip? That's where you throw it?
0:08:06 > 0:08:09OK. I've got to say, the stench around here is...
0:08:09 > 0:08:12It's enough to wake up the dead.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Look at that - flies. It's like, "Wow".
0:08:23 > 0:08:27If Wilbur is expecting anything like his hi-tech truck,
0:08:27 > 0:08:28he's in for a surprise.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31- This is yours?- Yeah.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35WILBUR LAUGHS
0:08:35 > 0:08:38There's me thinking I'm going to have a lorry!
0:08:38 > 0:08:41The boys will love this back home.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45The boys took the mick and said, "You'll have a donkey and a horse and cart."
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Looks like I'm the donkey and that's the cart!
0:08:48 > 0:08:51HE LAUGHS
0:08:51 > 0:08:52Oh, I can't believe it.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56Absolutely nothing to what I expected.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02A small community of binmen and their families live around the dump,
0:09:02 > 0:09:06and for the next ten days, Wilbur will be working amongst them.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12Millions of Indonesians live like this - in sub-standard accommodation
0:09:12 > 0:09:14without sanitation or clean drinking water.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18For his first night, Wilbur will be sleeping in this house
0:09:18 > 0:09:23where Imam grew up and where his parents still live.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Boy, see how big it is.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30It's not even a full arm's width apart.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32It's about eight foot in length.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36That's just a room with a bed and a load of flies.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Can't comprehend this. Some of it, it's just...
0:09:40 > 0:09:42It's just a lot to take in.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45No, it's a bit wrenching.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48The parents' house is tiny.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51I mean, it's even smaller than my bathroom.
0:09:51 > 0:09:5430, 40, 50, yeah, maybe even 100 flies in the house!
0:09:54 > 0:09:58You walk in, you've got to get through them to get into the house.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13You go over here, you've got the rich.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Big high-rises, big business,
0:10:15 > 0:10:21and on this side, it's proper slummy. Proper slummy.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27Imam and the other binmen unload the rubbish from their carts
0:10:27 > 0:10:28on to this dump.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Council lorries are then supposed to take it away, but they often don't.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37And Wilbur is about to learn that Jakarta's binmen
0:10:37 > 0:10:39face another familiar problem - fly-tippers.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41What are these guys doing?
0:10:46 > 0:10:48And they're throwing it on your tip?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Do you often have fights with these people
0:10:50 > 0:10:52for dumping their rubbish here?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Your family have got to live here
0:11:01 > 0:11:04and these little so-and-sos are throwing stuff on your patch.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06I'd get the right hump, I would.
0:11:09 > 0:11:14This is the room that Wilbur and Imam will be sharing tonight.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16You and me sleeping in here?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Hell, this place is hot.
0:11:24 > 0:11:25Is that the bathroom?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30THEY LAUGH
0:11:30 > 0:11:34It's the same in every language. Yeah!
0:11:34 > 0:11:38I'm sleeping next to the shit-house!
0:11:38 > 0:11:42I've slept in some places, but I've never slept on a tip.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44I've never slept in a tip.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Look, there's a bat, there's some fucking bats everywhere, as well.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Switch off the light, mate, please?
0:11:55 > 0:11:56- Hold on.- OK.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Imam has lived on this street most of his life.
0:12:00 > 0:12:01Opposite is an all-night cafe.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05There are food stalls, and nearby is a makeshift bar.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12In his plywood shack, Wilbur can't escape the noise,
0:12:12 > 0:12:14and he's about to meet some of the locals.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17WILBUR SIGHS
0:12:17 > 0:12:21I can't sleep for buggery, mate. Can't sleep for buggery.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26There's rats absolutely everywhere.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29There's people milling about outside.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31CAR HORN HOOTS
0:12:31 > 0:12:32See, that's...
0:12:32 > 0:12:33I mean, you must have heard that.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36That's how close a car is passing to my head.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Fucking hell!
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Today, Wilbur begins his training as a Jakarta binman.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55In ten days' time, he will be doing the round all by himself.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01You think I'll look bright enough for these boys?
0:13:01 > 0:13:04He has brought Imam a bit of London health and safety.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09- These are for you.- Yeah. - All right? And I'll...- Thank you.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11I'll bring you some more in a while.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13I'm going to go to work.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Should be fun.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Imam's round begins on his doorstep.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30This is Gunta,
0:13:30 > 0:13:34a wealthy residential area near the city's business district.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36What's that?
0:13:36 > 0:13:40Is that flats or is that a house?
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Bloody hell! See how much money there is about the place,
0:13:44 > 0:13:49and then there's them living just round the corner in a shack.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53IMAM SHOUTS
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Imam collects the rubbish from nearly 100 houses
0:13:58 > 0:14:01and is paid by the local residents' association.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05He works six days a week for about £15.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11While some people bag up their rubbish,
0:14:11 > 0:14:13most just dump it in a hole in the wall.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15OK.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17He's scraping out shit, basically.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20They've got these little pots between each house
0:14:20 > 0:14:22or at the end of the street.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25He actually sweeps them out, as well.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Where we going now, mate?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Ah, this. This I can do. I'm used to this bit.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34No-one separates the recycling.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39Household waste, food, plastic and garden cuttings all end up in the mix.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42And he washes them out. Can you believe that?
0:14:42 > 0:14:44This man will take for ever.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48It's slow work. In two hours, they've only done 20 houses,
0:14:48 > 0:14:51and Wilbur's looking for some light relief.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53I'm going to teach you a song, mate.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57- Yeah!- Yeah? It's called My Old Man's A Dustman.
0:14:57 > 0:14:58- My...- My...
0:14:58 > 0:14:59- Old...- Old...
0:14:59 > 0:15:01- Man's...- Man's...
0:15:01 > 0:15:03- A dustman.- A dustman.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06- # My old man's a dustman - My old man's a dustman
0:15:06 > 0:15:10- # He wears a dustman's hat - He wears dustman's hat. #
0:15:10 > 0:15:11THEY LAUGH
0:15:11 > 0:15:14There you go. Come on!
0:15:14 > 0:15:16HE LAUGHS
0:15:16 > 0:15:21But there's not enough time to mess about on Imam's round.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26- You do this, too?- Yeah.- Shit!
0:15:26 > 0:15:29He also does the drains.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31What a load of crap.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Imam is also responsible for keeping the drains flowing
0:15:36 > 0:15:38outside his customers' houses.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44We've got a department for this.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Imam's in there in bare feet and all sorts doing this.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51He doesn't know what's in there. Nothing.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56For all he knows, it could be glass.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58He's in there with bare feet!
0:15:58 > 0:16:01There are no laws protecting Jakarta's binmen
0:16:01 > 0:16:04and no help for them if they get injured, either.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Watch the glass. There's glass and everything in there
0:16:11 > 0:16:13and this man's feet must be like rhino skin
0:16:13 > 0:16:16because it's... He's crazy, man.
0:16:16 > 0:16:21Wouldn't do it. And I know Health and Safety wouldn't let me do it.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28As the cart fills up, Wilbur begins to feel the heat.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32I don't even think it's coming up to midday yet, but the sun here is boiling.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37It takes Imam five hours to do the round.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40He starts early and works without a break.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48This job is a lot more physically demanding than I ever expected.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53This thing here weighs a ton, and on top of that,
0:16:53 > 0:16:56usually, this is a one-man game. It's me and him today
0:16:56 > 0:16:58and I'm sweating like a pig.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10With two carts full, one more trip will finish the round,
0:17:10 > 0:17:12but Wilbur's had enough.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Oh! Whoo!
0:17:22 > 0:17:23That's proper hot.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35Tell you what, I'm going to sleep for a week.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40In London, once Wilbur's finished his round,
0:17:40 > 0:17:46the job's done, but for Imam, there's still hours of work to do.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Paper.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Plastics there, paper there.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54The wage he gets from the residents' association barely pays the rent.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56In order to eat,
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Imam and the whole family have to start their second job -
0:18:00 > 0:18:01recycling.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04They pick out anything that can be recycled
0:18:04 > 0:18:07and sort it into different piles which they bag up and sell.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10So, the whole family, hands on deck, everyone's doing it.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12They're going through all of it, recycling.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14I can't do this with gloves on.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20While Imam's family work into the night,
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Wilbur has to call it a day.
0:18:25 > 0:18:30It's been a bloody hard day and I don't think I even did a full day.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34I did two rounds out of his three and I was dying.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38They work double hard. Double hard.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51Wilbur's come to Jakarta to find out what it really takes
0:18:51 > 0:18:54to live as a binman.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Today, he's taking a break in his training
0:18:56 > 0:18:59to see how far Imam's pay packet will stretch in the food market.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Is that bean sprouts?
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Oh, dried garlic.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Wilbur's shopping with Imam's wife Windi and mother Sumitri.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14They don't have a fridge, so they have to shop for food every day.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21Believe me, they've got untold different...
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Whoa, whoa!
0:19:23 > 0:19:25..chillies here.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27So, you've bought garlic, you've bought shallots,
0:19:27 > 0:19:29and say it again, this is the...?
0:19:29 > 0:19:32"Tang-koong." I'll never get it.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35I'll never get it, I'll never get it, me.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40Right. Really have come to the market, now.
0:19:43 > 0:19:44No?
0:19:44 > 0:19:49Imam's family rarely buy meat. They can't afford it.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Instead, it's mostly vegetables, rice and tofu.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53He did that pretty sharp-ish.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58This rice, that you buy today.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00How long do you reckon that would last you?
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Three days?
0:20:04 > 0:20:08She's thinking how she can juggle her money.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Can she afford this, can she afford that?
0:20:11 > 0:20:14I can come home and say, "You know what?
0:20:14 > 0:20:17"Let's do this tonight. I'll cook Chinese tonight.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20"Oh, right. No, I think I'll cook West Indian this night."
0:20:20 > 0:20:25Here, it's a different ball game altogether.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29It's all about not what can I have, it's can I afford it?
0:20:30 > 0:20:36But not everybody has these worries, because Indonesia is booming.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Foreign investors are pouring in,
0:20:41 > 0:20:43drawn by a business-friendly government
0:20:43 > 0:20:46and a potentially huge cheap labour force.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55For the select few, Jakarta is a city of ostentatious mansions,
0:20:55 > 0:20:57designer brands and glitzy shopping malls.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05But very few Indonesians are living this dream.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09More than 30 million survive on a dollar a day.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Some of the poorest have made their homes
0:21:16 > 0:21:18alongside the rivers that criss-cross the city.
0:21:20 > 0:21:27This is where they do their toilet. Straight bang into the river, mate.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29This is the number two factory.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Like most of Jakarta's rivers, this one is heavily polluted.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Only the well-off can afford binmen coming door to door,
0:21:36 > 0:21:41so nearly 20% of the city's rubbish ends up in the river.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45I've seen filthy rivers in my time, but this takes the biscuit.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49I mean, there's actual islands out there of crap.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53Over 100 million people in Indonesia don't have access
0:21:53 > 0:21:55to clean drinking water.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59In Jakarta, the city's sanitation department tries to clean the rivers,
0:21:59 > 0:22:01but it can't keep up.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04These rivers may be toxic, but for some of the poorest people,
0:22:04 > 0:22:06they present an opportunity.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08What is that guy doing?
0:22:08 > 0:22:12Is he just going across or is he fishing? What's he doing?
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Being here has opened my eyes.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40It's opened my eyes and tugged at my heartstrings.
0:22:41 > 0:22:46Just over that wall, there's so much money,
0:22:46 > 0:22:51but the wealth isn't shared. The cars I've seen here are amazing.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56Untold different shopping malls and people wearing Chanel, Prada.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00I mean, it's here, but those people that haven't got anything, though,
0:23:00 > 0:23:05they work near enough, you know, all the hours God sends,
0:23:05 > 0:23:09and sometimes that just ain't enough.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21It's time for Wilbur to get back to work.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25In a week's time, he'll be doing Imam's round on his own.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Early morning, sun hasn't come up really yet.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Still pretty warm, though.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32HE SHOUTS
0:23:44 > 0:23:49In England, you doing this... This is your own house maintenance, basically.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51But he's doing it all for them
0:23:51 > 0:23:55and they don't... I don't see them giving him really any thanks at all.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Thank you very much.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Friendly. Real friendly. Not!
0:24:08 > 0:24:10What do you think about
0:24:10 > 0:24:13the way that you live, right,
0:24:13 > 0:24:17and the way that these people live?
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Because the residents' association pay his wages,
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Imam lives in fear of someone making a complaint.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48He said if he doesn't do all this stuff,
0:24:48 > 0:24:50these extra little bits and that,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53there's always someone to take his place,
0:24:53 > 0:24:57so to keep his job, he does the best that he can and that includes,
0:24:57 > 0:24:59you know, gets it all actually running,
0:24:59 > 0:25:02and as soon as that starts backing up, the community people
0:25:02 > 0:25:08would be on his back, so rather than have anybody tell him anything
0:25:08 > 0:25:12or having his job in jeopardy, he cleans it up.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19HE SHOUTS
0:25:19 > 0:25:21HE GROANS
0:25:21 > 0:25:22Uphill!
0:25:30 > 0:25:33I think you need to have some kind of spirit or else you'd cry.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Back at base, the council dustcart has shown up.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44It's meant to come every day, but it rarely does,
0:25:44 > 0:25:49so the dump where Imam's family live is never clear.
0:25:49 > 0:25:50HE SIGHS
0:25:51 > 0:25:56The signs of a proper bin lorry has stirred memories of home.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01Probably hasn't got half of the technology
0:26:01 > 0:26:06that my lorry's got, but I'd love to know where it goes to.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Is it a landfill or does it all get burnt?
0:26:09 > 0:26:10Be nice to have a word.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13HE SPEAKS IN HIS OWN DIALECT
0:26:14 > 0:26:17The driver agrees to let Wilbur tag along.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23It's a chance for Wilbur to find out where the rubbish finally ends up.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29About an hour's drive east lies Jakarta's landfill site, Bantar Gebang.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Wow, look at that shit!
0:26:35 > 0:26:40I've never been to this big a landfill. This landfill's huge. How many years has this been open?
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Look at it, this is unbelievable.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58The amount of people they've got scavenging here.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05Imagine yourself with bad guts and then make it 100 times worse
0:27:05 > 0:27:09and then you know the kind of smell that's around here.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15What first comes to mind when I see this place is danger.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19You can... Look at that! You could lose your life here like that.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23That... Look, that's about to cover them!
0:27:23 > 0:27:27There's people still on top of the fucking pile. He's squashing them up.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Whoa!
0:27:35 > 0:27:39Bantar Gebang is the final resting place for most of Jakarta's rubbish,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42but it is more than just a rubbish dump.
0:27:42 > 0:27:47It is home to about 3,000 people who make their living here,
0:27:47 > 0:27:50scavenging amongst the garbage for anything they can recycle.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52For some, it's the end of the road
0:27:52 > 0:27:55where you arrive when you've run out of options.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Others were born here and may never get out.
0:27:58 > 0:28:0346-year-old Lomri has lived here for 20 years.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05He's an old hand.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08So, is it better to go to work this time of night?
0:28:08 > 0:28:10- Yeah, yeah, yeah.- Yeah?
0:28:20 > 0:28:25Lomri is looking for plastic bags, bottles and cardboard.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28But most of the rubbish that gets here
0:28:28 > 0:28:32has already been picked over by binmen like Imam.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36The people of Bantar Gebang take whatever they can.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41HE SPEAKS IN HIS OWN DIALECT
0:28:41 > 0:28:43- That's the fresh stuff, is it?- Yeah.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Yeah, well, I thought I was looking for just plastic
0:28:46 > 0:28:49and bling, which is bottles,
0:28:49 > 0:28:55but I've just found some bone and he put that in there, as well.
0:28:55 > 0:29:00They seem to collect bone, as well. Bone seems to be worth money.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04The diggers work into the night, pushing the mountain ever higher.
0:29:04 > 0:29:10The city's growing population keeps generating more and more rubbish.
0:29:10 > 0:29:136,000 tons arrive every day.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17Bantar Gebang is already bursting at its seams.
0:29:17 > 0:29:22No-one's quite sure what happens next.
0:29:28 > 0:29:33It's back-breaking, it's hot, smelly, sweaty.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36The stench is unbearable.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40You're walking about in crap, basically. It's a shit job!
0:29:46 > 0:29:49- 12 hours of doing this?- 12 hours.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53He keeps doing it through the night until he's got enough to bag up.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55He's been doing it for over 20 years.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58He's going to be here for probably another 20 years.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07I've never ever seen anything like it.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09I hope I don't ever see anything like it again.
0:30:09 > 0:30:14I've seen kids as young as nine years old on that tip...
0:30:17 > 0:30:19..scavenging.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25I can't imagine having my family there.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27I'd hate to imagine it.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31No-one should have to live like that, nobody.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35I thought I was coming out here and all my mates at work...
0:30:39 > 0:30:43We're all laughing and joking, thinking it's going to be a holiday
0:30:43 > 0:30:45and it's not going to be that hard, but...
0:30:48 > 0:30:51..it's one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life.
0:30:51 > 0:30:56This place makes me so pigging angry.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12After another visit from the fly-tippers,
0:31:12 > 0:31:14the dump where Imam works is bigger than ever.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Oh, this is the first one?
0:31:19 > 0:31:21OK. So, number 42.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25OK, let me write that down.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28In a few days' time, Wilbur will be taking Imam's place
0:31:28 > 0:31:31as the local dustman, and he needs to learn the route.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33But before they get very far,
0:31:33 > 0:31:36Imam has an opportunity to make a bit of extra money.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45What, you're going to cut the branches with that?
0:31:45 > 0:31:49This is a cash-in-hand job and the guy's got to do this type of work,
0:31:49 > 0:31:51just to earn that little bit of extra dough.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59Oh, my good...
0:32:03 > 0:32:04HE SHOUTS
0:32:04 > 0:32:06What's happening?
0:32:10 > 0:32:14Oh, look, shed loads of them, and they've all just got in there
0:32:14 > 0:32:18and they're making a nest in his hair straight away. Look, loads of them!
0:32:18 > 0:32:21In a city where so many people live off rubbish,
0:32:21 > 0:32:24a job as a paid binman is actually highly prized.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27Rounds are often inherited from family and friends,
0:32:27 > 0:32:30sometimes through tragic circumstances.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34He died? Yeah?
0:32:48 > 0:32:50He slipped?
0:32:50 > 0:32:54- That's it? Right at the back, as well?- Yeah.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56That kind of blows me out of the water.
0:32:56 > 0:33:01Totally blows me out of the water. What can I say?
0:33:01 > 0:33:03I'm gobsmacked.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07HE SPEAKS IN HIS OWN DIALECT
0:33:07 > 0:33:10Healthcare in Indonesia has to be paid for,
0:33:10 > 0:33:14so poor people don't always get the medical treatment they need.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16I've been trying to work this out in my head.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19You're saying ten of your friends have died doing this job
0:33:19 > 0:33:21since you've had the job?
0:33:26 > 0:33:29What about your future? What do you think about you?
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Well, what about your kids? I mean...
0:33:53 > 0:33:57I don't know. I really don't know what to say to you.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00It's a lot to... It's a lot to ponder on, isn't it?
0:34:00 > 0:34:03I'll be thinking on that. I'll be thinking on that.
0:34:03 > 0:34:08Whilst Imam seems fatalistic about their future,
0:34:08 > 0:34:12his wife Windi worries that their son will follow in his father's footsteps.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14SHE SNIFFS
0:35:16 > 0:35:21CALL TO PRAYER SOUNDS
0:35:22 > 0:35:27For many of Jakarta's poor, the mosque is a place to forget their hardships.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30Indonesia has the largest Muslim population
0:35:30 > 0:35:31of any country in the world.
0:35:31 > 0:35:36CHANTING
0:35:43 > 0:35:45And after Friday prayers,
0:35:45 > 0:35:50the local dustmen often head off to the park for a game of football.
0:36:23 > 0:36:28Flushed with success, Wilbur gets a chance to quiz the other binmen.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32So, what drove you to be a dustman? Why did you become a dustman?
0:36:35 > 0:36:37There must be another job that all of you can do?
0:36:48 > 0:36:51I know this is probably a real thick question,
0:36:51 > 0:36:54but do any of you have a pension?
0:36:54 > 0:36:56THEY LAUGH
0:36:56 > 0:37:00I knew you'd laugh in my face!
0:37:00 > 0:37:04So, if you haven't got a pension, right, what are you going to do?
0:37:04 > 0:37:07When you get older, what's going to happen?
0:37:11 > 0:37:14You're leaving it to the gods as well, yeah?
0:37:14 > 0:37:17It's all in Allah's hands, eh? OK.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20But all it takes is for one of you to have an accident.
0:37:20 > 0:37:25What happens... What happens when you lot have an accident?
0:37:30 > 0:37:34That's family. That's what you call family.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43Today, I think, is one of the best days I've had here, as it goes.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Had a game of football with a few of the lads.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Every single one of them along here
0:37:47 > 0:37:51has to do something extra to make a little bit of dough,
0:37:51 > 0:37:53and there ain't much round here you can do.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Everybody's doing exactly the same thing,
0:37:59 > 0:38:02so you can imagine how tight it is round here.
0:38:04 > 0:38:09Talking to Imam today about him being a dustman,
0:38:09 > 0:38:13and he has to fight every single day,
0:38:13 > 0:38:18every single day to keep his family afloat. It's beyond me.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22He's so lovely, the family's so lovely,
0:38:22 > 0:38:26and to think they can't get out of this.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42For the last few days, Wilbur's been helping Imam bag up recycling
0:38:42 > 0:38:45he's found in his rubbish.
0:38:49 > 0:38:50Now, we're taking all this stuff
0:38:50 > 0:38:54to see the middle man and go and earn a bit of dough.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56This here, yeah?
0:38:56 > 0:38:59Imam usually walks here with his hand cart,
0:38:59 > 0:39:03but today, Wilbur's treated him to a taxi.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Oh, he weighs... This is where he weighs it.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10All the stuff that you've got here - what happens to it?
0:39:15 > 0:39:19There are hundreds of dealers like this in Jakarta,
0:39:19 > 0:39:23where anyone can bring recycling and exchange it for cash.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27For very poor people, in a city where begging is illegal,
0:39:27 > 0:39:31one bag of rubbish means you can buy your next meal.
0:39:32 > 0:39:37Imam's three late nights of sorting plastic have made him £2.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41This money is the difference between eating or not eating.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47It's just unbelievable to me, what he has to do to earn his money.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51If he wants to ever have any more children, right,
0:39:51 > 0:39:55can you imagine how hard that fella's going to have to work for,
0:39:55 > 0:39:58you know, to put them through school, all the medical,
0:39:58 > 0:40:02everything round here costs, every little thing costs.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05Around the corner is Imam's friend's coffee shop.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08THEY SPEAK IN THEIR OWN DIALECT
0:40:08 > 0:40:09Thanks, mate.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12Do you reckon you could ever come out of where you're living
0:40:12 > 0:40:16or come out of your situation any time?
0:40:21 > 0:40:24And you work much harder than I ever will.
0:40:24 > 0:40:25You work enough as it is.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27How are you going to balance your family life?
0:40:27 > 0:40:30If you think the only way you're going to get out
0:40:30 > 0:40:32is to have more rounds, you won't see your family.
0:40:42 > 0:40:47Why don't you guys, as binmen, get together
0:40:47 > 0:40:52and make some kind of union so that you've got some kind of voice?
0:41:11 > 0:41:16So, how do you feel about that? It seems that you're expendable.
0:41:25 > 0:41:31I know you're doing the best you can, but phew, me personally?
0:41:31 > 0:41:33I'd be screaming.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36I don't think I could be as humble as you.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38I probably would have been banged up by now
0:41:38 > 0:41:40cos I couldn't handle that.
0:41:40 > 0:41:45I actually think it's got to me more than I ever thought it would.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48I mean, the geezer's at work at six o'clock in the morning,
0:41:48 > 0:41:50trying to, you know, to provide for his family,
0:41:50 > 0:41:56and then going, still doing it at 12.30 at night, to go to sleep,
0:41:56 > 0:42:00to get up again at six o'clock and do the same fucking thing all over again.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04To be quite honest with you, it makes me fucked off.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06I want to fight his corner for him.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08- Brother.- Yeah?
0:42:11 > 0:42:14Immense. Immense. You're immense.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19Couldn't do it.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25I couldn't do what he does.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29- Wash room?- Yeah.
0:42:29 > 0:42:34- Lizard! Oh, look! - What's that?- Lizard.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36HE LAUGHS
0:42:54 > 0:42:58There's an air of excitement at Imam's tip.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01The city sanitation department has sent a digger,
0:43:01 > 0:43:04but it's Sunday today, so no-one's quite sure why.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08Bit of a surprise to everyone. All the rubbish is being cleared today.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12That's a good thing. Top banana, yeah? All right.
0:43:12 > 0:43:16He's well chuffed. I mean, when you take a look up the line,
0:43:16 > 0:43:20you see everyone either helping or they're just sitting down watching
0:43:20 > 0:43:24cos they're all in complete surprise that it is being done.
0:43:24 > 0:43:28The word on the street is the clean-up is because of Wilbur.
0:43:28 > 0:43:33How long has that pile been like that?
0:43:44 > 0:43:46You've been a dustman five years
0:43:46 > 0:43:49and in five years, you've never seen it cleared like this?
0:43:51 > 0:43:54Wilbur's realising that his presence is making a difference.
0:43:54 > 0:43:58It could be a chance to really change things.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01Well, it's worth a try. It's worth a try.
0:44:01 > 0:44:04That rubbish that's got cleared there - why don't you get
0:44:04 > 0:44:08all your trolleys, all right,
0:44:08 > 0:44:10and park them bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam
0:44:10 > 0:44:13all along that wall? It stops them from throwing things over
0:44:13 > 0:44:21and it shows that you guys are starting to be kind of organised.
0:44:36 > 0:44:40If they're not coming here for a week at a time, they're not doing their job properly.
0:44:40 > 0:44:43The least they can do is make sure
0:44:43 > 0:44:47that them lorries are here every day to pick up that rubbish.
0:44:47 > 0:44:51Maybe between all of us we can get something done here.
0:44:51 > 0:44:55- We're going to do that?- Yeah. - Yeah? We're going to have that.
0:44:55 > 0:44:57Let's see if we can do something for you.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00I haven't got the answers to everything, right?
0:45:00 > 0:45:03But as I say, a little bit of organisation will make people
0:45:03 > 0:45:06maybe take them just that little bit more seriously.
0:45:12 > 0:45:15Back at Imam's home, Wilbur's helping mum
0:45:15 > 0:45:17to cook the Sunday lunch.
0:45:24 > 0:45:27Oi! Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo! You can't...
0:45:27 > 0:45:28WILBUR WHISTLES
0:45:28 > 0:45:32Suddenly, the fly-tippers are back.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35You can't be doing that there. That's just been cleared.
0:45:37 > 0:45:40You can't be doing that. It's just been cleared.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43Tell them to piss off. You lot got to stand up, man.
0:45:43 > 0:45:46If you don't stand up, this is going to happen 24/7.
0:45:46 > 0:45:49Look how much rubbish he's doing. The man might not come tomorrow.
0:45:49 > 0:45:51Wilbur wants to take on the fly-tippers,
0:45:51 > 0:45:56and he doesn't understand why none of the other binmen are joining him.
0:45:56 > 0:46:00There's so many of them there, why don't they say something? This is where they live.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02He's standing there like a mug. Tell him.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05You're both here. You both need to say something.
0:46:05 > 0:46:09This is not their place to tip, this is your place to tip.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11This is where your mum lives.
0:46:11 > 0:46:16Wilbur's shouting seems to have frightened the fly-tippers away.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19- Go on, tell them to fuck off!- Yeah.
0:46:19 > 0:46:24No, it may be so, but YOU need to tell them to fuck off, not me!
0:46:24 > 0:46:26I'm so upset at what goes on here.
0:46:26 > 0:46:29I'd like to go and knock them out, to tell you the truth.
0:46:43 > 0:46:48It seems the fly-tippers are in collusion with local officials.
0:46:48 > 0:46:52If the binmen make a fuss, their homes and jobs could be in jeopardy.
0:46:52 > 0:46:56It is so corrupt here, it is untrue.
0:46:56 > 0:46:58And caught in the middle,
0:46:58 > 0:47:02or caught at the bottom of the pyramid, are them boys in there.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07For now, the fly-tippers have gone away,
0:47:07 > 0:47:10but it's not long before the lorry reappears.
0:47:12 > 0:47:16Knowing Imam's job is at stake, Wilbur tries to keep his cool.
0:47:16 > 0:47:20This has been done for the first time in five years, it's been cleared.
0:47:20 > 0:47:23At least do it nice for the people.
0:47:23 > 0:47:28I know you're going to tip it. Tip it over there, not over there or anything.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31Don't smile at me cos I've really got the hump, mate.
0:47:31 > 0:47:35HE SPEAKS IN HIS OWN DIALECT
0:47:38 > 0:47:43In less than three hours of that being cleared, look at it already.
0:47:43 > 0:47:47You know, you can see they're fighting a losing battle here.
0:47:47 > 0:47:52If I make too much of a fuss about it, I could lose them their jobs.
0:47:52 > 0:47:58You know what? It pisses me off to the hilt, I've got to say.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00It pisses me off to the hilt.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Wilbur is out of his depth.
0:48:04 > 0:48:08He's from a world of rules and regulations where one phone call
0:48:08 > 0:48:11is all it takes to stop the fly-tippers.
0:48:14 > 0:48:15It's a fucking mess!
0:48:18 > 0:48:22After the drama of the day, finally, the family settle down
0:48:22 > 0:48:24to a late Sunday lunch.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26Thank you, Mama!
0:48:33 > 0:48:36HE SPEAKS IN HIS OWN DIALECT
0:48:36 > 0:48:38Quite like that. That's all right.
0:48:38 > 0:48:41Today, I might have gone a bit too far.
0:48:41 > 0:48:45I started to get really upset and angry.
0:48:45 > 0:48:48I don't want to get him in any trouble, but I've learnt that...
0:48:48 > 0:48:51I've learnt that when people take the piss out of you,
0:48:51 > 0:48:53you've really got to stand up.
0:48:53 > 0:48:57And Wilbur's attitude seems to be rubbing off on Imam.
0:49:13 > 0:49:16Wilbur's presence has been causing quite a stir in the neighbourhood.
0:49:16 > 0:49:20The head of the residents' association which pays Imam's wages
0:49:20 > 0:49:22has come to talk to him.
0:49:22 > 0:49:27- A lot of the dustmen live down here, yeah?- Yes.
0:49:27 > 0:49:32- And the money that they're getting is...- Very low.- Yeah, very low.
0:49:32 > 0:49:34So, when do you reckon...
0:49:34 > 0:49:38- When do you reckon they might get a pay rise, then?- When?- Yeah.
0:49:38 > 0:49:42Actually, some neighbours doesn't want to pay that much
0:49:42 > 0:49:44and others can pay, are able to pay.
0:49:44 > 0:49:48Yeah, but it's not about what they WANT to pay,
0:49:48 > 0:49:49it's what they HAVE to pay.
0:49:49 > 0:49:53For a community service, you need to pay for it,
0:49:53 > 0:49:54someone has to pay for it.
0:49:54 > 0:49:59A dustman who has to look after himself,
0:49:59 > 0:50:04look after his children, look after his wife
0:50:04 > 0:50:09and rent a property, he'll have absolutely nothing to live on.
0:50:09 > 0:50:14You're in the big houses up there and these guys down here, you know,
0:50:14 > 0:50:19are fighting and scraping for a living. That is just unbelievable.
0:50:19 > 0:50:22Why is it that you're letting it happen on your doorstep?
0:50:22 > 0:50:27I will talk to the neighbours and we must have a meeting on that.
0:50:39 > 0:50:45It's Wilbur's last day in Jakarta and he's had another restless night,
0:50:45 > 0:50:46but the training is over,
0:50:46 > 0:50:49and now it's time to do Imam's round on his own.
0:50:56 > 0:50:59Doing my checks before I have to go out, give him the day off.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01That's what it's been leading up to.
0:51:04 > 0:51:05Happy days.
0:51:07 > 0:51:08Yeah, ready to go, man.
0:51:11 > 0:51:13- I'll try.- Yes.- Try not to.
0:51:16 > 0:51:20- Game on.- OK. Bye-bye!
0:51:20 > 0:51:2443-year-old dustman Wilbur Ramirez from Cricklewood, North London,
0:51:24 > 0:51:28is starting his round in Gunta district, South Jakarta.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36HE SINGS
0:51:44 > 0:51:47He has to collect the rubbish from nearly 100 houses,
0:51:47 > 0:51:51and he has to do it all on his own.
0:51:51 > 0:51:54HE SHOUTS
0:51:56 > 0:51:59HE SHOUTS
0:51:59 > 0:52:04He has to sweep, clean the drains, wash the bins,
0:52:04 > 0:52:08and he can't afford any complaints from the residents.
0:52:18 > 0:52:19Did that one.
0:52:27 > 0:52:31One cart down and two to go.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37I know how he stays positive.
0:52:37 > 0:52:40He's got a beautiful wife there - a young wife,
0:52:40 > 0:52:44he's got a beautiful, handsome boy there,
0:52:44 > 0:52:48and who wouldn't want to provide for them?
0:52:48 > 0:52:52You know, I can understand why he works so hard.
0:52:52 > 0:52:55You'd want the best for your family.
0:52:56 > 0:53:00HE SHOUTS
0:53:02 > 0:53:05I seem to get these wherever I go.
0:53:05 > 0:53:09Could open a shop with the amount of them that I've got.
0:53:10 > 0:53:14One of the residents seems determined to ruin Wilbur's day,
0:53:14 > 0:53:17but for Imam's sake, Wilbur tries to remain calm.
0:53:17 > 0:53:19All right, mate, you just make a mess for me.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21It's all right. I'll clean up for you.
0:53:29 > 0:53:36In London, they take five bags of garden waste, that is it.
0:53:36 > 0:53:40Otherwise, you're taking up other people's space on my cart.
0:53:40 > 0:53:42He's taken up the whole cart.
0:53:53 > 0:53:56I'm getting on with it, anyway. That's the main thing.
0:54:00 > 0:54:05Just don't want to jeopardise Imam's job with what I'm doing, you know.
0:54:05 > 0:54:07It's back-breaking work.
0:54:07 > 0:54:12After five hours without a rest, Wilbur is having to dig deep.
0:54:12 > 0:54:17I'm going back now to put this load back, empty it,
0:54:17 > 0:54:20come out and finish the round.
0:54:20 > 0:54:23So, the sooner I can get it done, the better.
0:54:23 > 0:54:28I've still got to go through it all, so I don't want it to be dark and I'm still going through it,
0:54:28 > 0:54:30so I'm plodding on.
0:54:30 > 0:54:34Two hours later and the end is in sight.
0:54:34 > 0:54:36This one here that I'm doing
0:54:36 > 0:54:40makes me the happiest man alive right now,
0:54:40 > 0:54:41because that means...
0:54:43 > 0:54:47..that I've done. I've managed to do all his round.
0:54:47 > 0:54:52Yee-haw! That's all I can say. Finished.
0:54:53 > 0:54:58Yeah! Finished. Woo-hoo!
0:54:58 > 0:55:00Yeah, baby.
0:55:01 > 0:55:04- Hey.- Wil!
0:55:08 > 0:55:11Huh? Yeah. All of it. All done. Finished.
0:55:17 > 0:55:19Mate, come here.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23Wicked. Yeah.
0:55:25 > 0:55:31I'm glad you said that cos if you didn't, I'd have been right upset with you!
0:55:31 > 0:55:34WILBUR SINGS
0:55:45 > 0:55:48Wilbur's ten days as a Jakarta binman are over.
0:55:48 > 0:55:49Mama?
0:55:49 > 0:55:55He's leaving behind Imam, his family and the tight-knit community on this South Jakarta rubbish dump.
0:55:55 > 0:55:59Come here, baby. Mwah! See you later.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01Come here, son.
0:56:01 > 0:56:04- Good.- Hey, hey.
0:56:04 > 0:56:08Yes, yes, yes, I'm coming. Show her this.
0:56:09 > 0:56:12- First aid kit and loads of gloves. - Yeah.
0:56:12 > 0:56:15- Yeah?- Yeah.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17Ah, come here, baby! Come here!
0:56:17 > 0:56:19SCREAMING AND LAUGHTER
0:56:19 > 0:56:22You think you're getting away! Argh, come here!
0:56:22 > 0:56:26I've got a little surprise for you. I met with the head there yesterday.
0:56:26 > 0:56:33Hopefully, I have guaranteed you a pay rise in the next three months,
0:56:33 > 0:56:39within the next three months, so I hope that she keeps to her word
0:56:39 > 0:56:43and she gives you that pay rise, mate. Yeah? Yeah!
0:56:43 > 0:56:45All right? All right.
0:56:45 > 0:56:47I'll see you guys!
0:56:50 > 0:56:51All of you!
0:56:53 > 0:56:57Bit gutted that I'm leaving, but happy, at the same time.
0:56:57 > 0:57:00See you later, boys! Yeah?
0:57:21 > 0:57:25Six week later and Wilbur's back at work.
0:57:25 > 0:57:28But his time in Jakarta has left a strong impression.
0:57:28 > 0:57:30Imam, my buddy,
0:57:30 > 0:57:34brother, I respect him that much for what he does for his family.
0:57:34 > 0:57:36What I learned from him is to be a bit humble,
0:57:36 > 0:57:39I think, more than anything else...
0:57:41 > 0:57:44..and be thankful for what you've got.
0:57:47 > 0:57:51Wilbur realises that there's actually very little difference
0:57:51 > 0:57:53between him and Imam.
0:57:53 > 0:57:58He's got it up there. He knows where he's got to go, he knows what he's got to do.
0:57:58 > 0:58:01The only difference with us - he's born there and I'm born here.
0:58:01 > 0:58:05I'd like to go and visit them, visit again one day.
0:58:05 > 0:58:07Hopefully, Imam won't be there.
0:58:07 > 0:58:11Hopefully, he's gone on to bigger and better things.
0:58:18 > 0:58:23Next time, a British fisherman swaps his state-of-the-art trawler
0:58:23 > 0:58:26for a dug-out canoe off the coast of Sierra Leone.
0:58:26 > 0:58:31I thought we were goners. I thought I was going to go for a swim.
0:58:31 > 0:58:36He'll discover a world where one fish can mean the difference between life and death...
0:58:36 > 0:58:39- I'll throw him back now? - No, no, no, no, no, no!
0:58:39 > 0:58:42..before confronting the illegal trawlers
0:58:42 > 0:58:45at the heart of Sierra Leone's fishing crisis.
0:58:45 > 0:58:49Unbelievable - what these guys are getting away with. Unbelievable.
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