Youths looking for valuable items in the trash to resell ride on the back of a garbage truck entering the Pavia garbage dump on the outskirts of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Annually, about 14% of the world’s food ends up in the garbage, even before it reaches the market, according to figures from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, but now in Venezuela, extremely high costs push people to reconsider what they throw away. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Children's broken sandals lay on a court as they play near the Pavia garbage dump, where their families rummage through garbage in search of valuable items on the outskirts of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Venezuela's deep political, social, and economic crisis has forced almost five million people to leave Venezuela in recent years in search of better living conditions. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Ronaikel Brito, 16, rummages through empty milk cartons at the Pavia garbage dump on the outskirts of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Waste has been drastically reduced during the pandemic, particularly food from homes, restaurants, and wholesale markets. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Marbelis Brito is surrounded by some of her eight children after giving a TV interview at her home near the Pavia garbage dump where three generations of her family have spent their time searching for items to sell on the outskirts of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. The country is in its sixth year in recession, and its residents are dealing with soaring food prices set in dollars, low wages, and four-digit inflation, condemning millions to live in poverty. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Ronaikel Brito walks home with a sack of things he collected from the Pavia garbage dump that he can sell, on the outskirts of in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. The 16-year-old began helping his mother Marbelis sift through garbage when he was five years old, following in the steps of his grandmother. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A boy pulls the remains of a toy car through the Pavia garbage dump where he searches for valuable items to resell on the outskirts of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Venezuela's deep political, social and economic crisis has forced almost five million people to leave, but for many who stayed, adults and children alike rummaging through garbage in search of food scraps or valuable items has become an increasingly common activity. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Marbelis Brito holds her 7-month daughter Antonela at the Pavia garbage dump where her family searches for valuable items to sell on the outskirts of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. The 35-year-old mother of eight grew up here with her mother, who also survived by reselling items found in the dump. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

The Brito family dog looks out of the entrance of their home near the Pavia garbage dump where they search for things to sell on the outskirts of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Wednesday, March. 3, 2021. Three generations of the Brito family have survived by selling items they collected at the dump. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Ronaikel Brito sharpens the tip of a spike to use at the Pavia garbage dump on the outskirts of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Brito said that three weeks ago he found gold in the trash and made $ 20 selling it. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Marbelis Brito holds her 7-month-old daughter Antonela as she sits with her daughters while her teenage son Ronaikel searches for valuable items they can sell, at the Pavia garbage dump on the outskirts of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. The 35-yer-old mother of eight children says she would like her kids to participate in other activities. “I did not want the same as me to happen, but the work as garbage collectors falls on them as a natural activity in order to help support the family," she said. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Ronaikel Brito, 16, carries a sack behind his sister Brismar, 17, on their way home from the Pavia garbage dump where they search for items to resell on the outskirts of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Despite the hardships, their mother Marbelis considers the Pavia landfill “a blessing," saying that compared to other places, one can find anything. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)