Do you have scavengers in your country?
- Thread starter cherry123
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No But Most countries have some level of informal sector workers who make a living by collecting and selling recyclable materials from garbage. Called scavengers, waste-pickers, or rag-pickers, they play a vital role in reducing waste sent to landfills and providing inexpensive raw materials to industries.
We do not have them any more. When I was a child I remember them coming to clean our toilets.
Scavenging is almost looking to be highly profitable. These scavengers have some companies that they partner with to sell those items to.
I think in my city, there are some elder people who collected carton boxes and re-sell them. I have no idea how much they make but it's a tiring job.
The thing that annoys me about these scavengers thing is that it is small kids of 8 to 10 years old that dominate the activity.
