http://www.qianqin.de/2007/03/10/bottle-collectors/ personal web site of Qian Qin Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:08:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.qianqin.de/2007/03/10/bottle-collectors/comment-page-1/#comment-4510 Reduce plastic waste :: PlasticLess.com » Blog Archive » The Microeconomics of Plastic Waste Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:15:33 +0000 http://www.qianqin.de/2007/03/10/bottle-collectors/#comment-4510 [...] perspective from a Chinese blogger who is spending time in Europe. Qian Qin was surprised to see bottle collectors in Berlin and he decided to do the math. He determined that they were rivaling local waiters in potential [...] [...] perspective from a Chinese blogger who is spending time in Europe. Qian Qin was surprised to see bottle collectors in Berlin and he decided to do the math. He determined that they were rivaling local waiters in potential [...]

]]> http://www.qianqin.de/2007/03/10/bottle-collectors/comment-page-1/#comment-1346 Qian Qin Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:48:34 +0000 http://www.qianqin.de/2007/03/10/bottle-collectors/#comment-1346 That's funny, collecting bottles and cans with a car. I'd love to see that. ;) That’s funny, collecting bottles and cans with a car. I’d love to see that.

]]> http://www.qianqin.de/2007/03/10/bottle-collectors/comment-page-1/#comment-1344 bernie Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:50:10 +0000 http://www.qianqin.de/2007/03/10/bottle-collectors/#comment-1344 Hi Qianqin. I read with intrest this post on bottle collecting. Man you are so right, I live in Canada and have been to several of the provinces here and have seen the same thing here the people vari here in so far that they are Chineese, Vietnamese, EastIndians, etc, and again vari from just normal people, to poor, homeless,drunks and druggies. Here you have to collect a lot more than 4 cans or bottles to get the equavalent of one C$ because a can or bottle is recycled for only 0.5 cents. I have seen people like you have, with plastic garbage bags collecting, then there is the bicycle guys with baskets & bags,even others with wheel barrows, and the guy here who is the most enterprising or rich from his collections he has a car, though beat up and dirty he has it painted with all kinds of colour and drives it around picking up empties all around the city. Why, I even know that hotels etc. collect their empties and sell them to these guys for a smaller refund of cash and these guys take it to the recycle depot and get full refunds which is untaxed cash in their pockets. Long Live Recycling it makes for less garbage dumped and makes the world greener. He! He! He! Hi Qianqin.
I read with intrest this post on bottle collecting. Man you are so right, I live in Canada and have been to several of the provinces here and have seen the same thing here the people vari here in so far that they are Chineese, Vietnamese, EastIndians, etc, and again vari from just normal people, to poor, homeless,drunks and druggies.
Here you have to collect a lot more than 4 cans or bottles to get the equavalent of one C$ because a can or bottle is recycled for only 0.5 cents.
I have seen people like you have, with plastic garbage bags collecting, then there is the bicycle guys with baskets & bags,even others with wheel barrows, and the guy here who is the most enterprising or rich from his collections he has a car, though beat up and dirty he has it painted with all kinds of colour and drives it around picking up empties all around the city.
Why, I even know that hotels etc. collect their empties and sell them to these guys for a smaller refund of cash and these guys take it to the recycle depot and get full refunds which is untaxed cash in their pockets.
Long Live Recycling it makes for less garbage dumped and makes the world greener. He! He! He!

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