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Argentina's inflation has risen to 114 percent, while food prices have skyrocketed by 117 percent within the past year.

Many women are left with no choice but to dumpster dive to provide food for their families.

Gladys Meza and Limpia Benitez make a weekly journey to Buenos Aires to search through the dumpsters near the central market.

Once the wealthiest country in South America, poverty now affects approximately 40 percent of Argentina.

The women aren't ashamed of digging through rubbish to obtain food.

Instead, they're angry about the wastefulness they witness.

After commuting by bus and train, these women transport up to 20 kilograms of produce back to their homes where they carefully clean, sort, and prepare it.

Any items unsuitable for human consumption are either used as animal feed or utilised for composting purposes.

By scavenging through market rubbish, the women can save up to $30 per week.

This is more than some friends who clean houses for 9 to 10 hours a week earn.

As long as they struggle to find higher-paying jobs and food prices keep rising, dumpster diving will remain necessary for them to survive.

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