DIZA

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“Diza” – Recycling made in Addis Ababa

Young boys look for pieces of special waste amongst the tons of garbage in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. What they collect is scrap metal – or “Diza” as it is called in the country. The eponymously named four-minute-documentary by emerging directors Terhas Berhe and Naod Lemma examines how the scrap metal collectors contribute to the recycling of a material that otherwise would heavily pollute the environment for years to come. The old metal starts a new life circle, giving money to the collectors and the traders in Addis Ababa’s Mercato area – who resell the material to factories where it is melted and reused. But there are also negative side-effects for the scrap metal collectors: The material is sharp and can cause cuts in the hands which then often lead to a Tetanus infection…