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Re:Making a Living Collecting Cans by gcb1 on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @04:41PM (#6517699)
dangerous waters.... so you are suggesting strolling about and collecting cans from trash as a viable way to live?
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Re:Making a Living Collecting Cans by hcarvalhoalves on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @05:01PM (#6517824)
If the market isn't giving an answer to the recycling problem, these people are, and are making money for it.

This sounds like a job like any other to me.

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Re:Making a Living Collecting Cans by protomyth on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @05:39PM (#6518009)
I won't say it is a viable way to live, but it can be a rather big boost when there is no other work from my experience as a kid.
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Re:Making a Living Collecting Cans by potatolicious on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @06:01PM (#6518106)
No, but lacking an alternative it's the best we've got. I'm all for not having people rooting through trash to barely eke out a living, but until these people have another choice...
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