to the groups aim is to provide both practical assistance for women and protect the environment polina kaner is the president and has led the organization since it was established in 2013. this is an association focusing on women with low incomes. so what we do is basically focus on recycling. that not only gives the women an income but also helps to keep our city cleaner. and most of them. together the women manage to gather around $1.00 tons of waste every month. at the recycling center workers sort of package it ready for transport after that it gets sent to an industrial recycling plant for processing the sorting facility provides an income for 40 women and 3 and then but the very success of the initiative has led to new challenges. for this community used to be very dirty with all the plastic waste. now i see a real difference in terms of cleanliness but that means you don't find much waste in this area anymore. so the collectors have to go further to find material for recycling as there's no longer enough around here. the group too is part of the most and because so see a sion of recyc