Naly struggled to support her family through the pandemic – until she discovered a community clean-up programme. Now an incentivised environmentalist, she teaches her grandchildren the values of recycling and relieves the city’s landfills in exchange for electricity and other essentials.

This content was produced for Quezon City Local Government by BBC StoryWorks as part of the Transforming Cities series presented by C40 Cities. Learn more about Transforming Cities: www.transformingcitiesseries.com

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