In Kosovo, Roma's recycling work is unsung and underpaid As the sun rises over Pristina, the Maksutis and their six children fan out across the city to scour sloppy garbage bins for bits of plastic and metal, working as part of an invisible army doing the dirty work of recycling in Kosovo. Most scrap collectors hail from Kosovo's poorest and most marginalised minorities: the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities who make up around two percent of the mainly ethnic Albanian population. Their informal work helps mitigate the environmental threats of Kosovo's garbage scourge and yet is poorly compensated, highly precarious, and receives little attention from politicians campaigning for the latest October 6 poll. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES