A number of mothers and children search through large heaps of rubbish washed up on a beach in Padang for valuables.

The locals search for items that can be recycled just as reusable plastic and aluminium cans.

One of the mothers said: "We always use the moment to look for used items for her to sell back to add to my family's economy."

Nearby flooding has thousands of pieces of litter to wash up on the beach, creating huge piles of rubbish.

This footage was filmed on January 10.

a number of mothers and children in the city of Padang seemed to use a pile of garbage thrown high waves to the coast of the area of ​​lasuar muaro Padang city on January 10, 2020 to look for used items such as plastic, aluminum cans, and other valuables that can be used resale for recycling. one of the mothers who collected rubbish named ayu said "she and her children always use the moment to look for used items for her to sell back to add to her family's economy"

ayu added "the condition of the pile of rubbish on the beach of Las Muaro is bound to occur after heavy rains flush the city of Padang"

piles of rubbish with plastic material, aluminum cans and wood - the wood comes from the river floods that flood the canal city of Padang which the discharge increases in heavy rains that flushed the city of Padang for 2 hours on 9 January 2019 in the afternoon.