It was nice to meeting Mr. Yan and hear his stories, to know his personal experiences. I could imagine what he does is not easy, but I never thought it was be that heavy. According to Mr. Yan, he needs to be sweeping streets at 5:30 am each morning, having his breakfast next to the trash beans and carry around 300-500kg or even a ton perday.
Mr. Yan also said that sometimes he won’t even care too much about garbage sorting, if he could let it be, he will just let it be.
Before meeting with Mr. Yan, I never knew that copper worth 70 Yuan per kg, I could have send the copper box I threw away to the recycle station instead of to the trash bean. Honestly, I never thought the private recyclers could make 15,000 yuan per month, I was kinda shocked haha. But, what does for living is hard, and should be respected. He deserves the price.
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