There is a dump in Cateura, Paraguay that receives over fifteen-hundred tons of waste every day. The dump site is home to twenty-five hundred inhabitants, most of whom — children included — sort the garbage for the recycling industry.

An ecological technician, Favio Chavez, wanted to teach music to the children of the community; his only problem was the cost of instruments: a violin is worth more than a house in the area. Then he came up with a brilliant idea: he reworked recycled materials from the dump into instruments. The children have formed The Recycled Orchestra, and a documentary is being prepared, which will be called Landfill Harmonic, to be aired sometime this year.

For more information, check out their Facebook page

Also, check out the trailer video below

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