Women were captured sitting on tens of thousands of plastic bottles, piling up to 12 feet in height, at a recycling factory in Bogra, Bangladesh on Friday. /VCG Photo

They are sorting out bottles by color and removing their caps and labels before moving them into a crusher machine where they are then turned into giant plastic blocks. /VCG Photo 

The blocks are sent to various factories across the country for melting, which will be made into new bottles or other plastic products. /VCG Photo