Jorge Miguel Aballe (26), a migrant from Cuba, sits on a bed in the room he shares with three other Cuban nationals at the Don Antonio hotel. He left Cuba eight months earlier and is currently working at a fried chicken restaurant during the day but his fear of the organised crime that effectively controls the city,means he spends the rest of his time in the hotel.

Wecyclers staff at one of the storage hubs. Wecyclers offer a waste collection service with a fleet of 25 of these tricycles. For each family, the Wecycler weighs the waste collected and gives a recei...