After Pakistan's government ordered "illegal" refugees to leave the country by October 31, Afghan families flocked to the border to beat the deadline.
Thousands of workers in southern Pakistan spend their lives mining and cooking limestone. The process releases plumes of toxic smoke, polluting the environment and poisoning workers.
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- Millions of people in Pakistan are trapped making bricks to pay off loans borrowed from kiln owners.
- But working at kilns is dangerous.
- We make over 1 billion pairs of jeans every year, and nearly all of them end up in landfills.
- One company in Pakistan is recycling old denim into new pants using laser technology and recycled dye.
- The country is the No.