Yes that was my thoughts as well . His humanity makes him a real human . I know a lot of people think we are all human , but I don't think that . It's my point , if you do un-human activities . Why should you be included as a human . If we start at this point , now . We can only all become a better human . See if we say he or her is un-human then we start to become un-human if we act on it . So we must help them to change . There is still one point in this , I don't know . How do we handle a murderer or a rapist . Why keeping to this ideal ? But thank to the makers of the story .
I would love to support people like him with an small amount of Euro / That would help them so much ... Guy is Hero for mother nature and the small kid
@@ggzz6862 yeah that's what I was thinking. She claimed to want to add dignity to the industry and then explains exactly how they'll push each and every one of them out of work forever. I'm just sitting here like ???????????
Unless your on $5 a day picking trash up from building sites & live in a run down shed with no electric or running water with the threat of the government knocking on your door tomorrow to evict you & your family then your life is easy compared to Mr Wong. Mr Wong doesn't have the time or the phone to surf RUclips trying to be smart.
@@stoggyreturns3512 how do you spell his name? I'll do some research and comment here when I find the journalist who interviewed him. I'm sure we can get an address that way.
*We can ban single-use plastic items.* 100% bio-degradable corn starch bags, compressed fiber plates, and the paper cups do exist. We can ban single-use plastic without any loss of comfort. It can be done and it's affordable too.
@@spin-cthrowshands5553 paper cups have to be lined with plastic in order to prevent the liquid from leaking through the paper. Also biodegradable plastic alternatives are too expensive and not practical in their material use
John Brunner these Fuckers need to stop having kids! Their so poor it makes no sense, and then their going to just sell them away? What the fuck? Educate your citizens and sterilize the idiots if your not going to create human rights for them.
Boys are the bread makers, thats his chance ,he is getting old and no kids thats big trouble remember they do not have pension in specialy from the country side.
It wasn't literal. For us, it could sound the same as saying something like: If you don't behave in a good way, Santa is not bringing you gifts. His father said: I'm gonna sell you 'if you're naughty'. Just the rest of the sentence wasn't translated.
My father was sold to someone who would eventually give him chances to receive education which is good enough for him to generate sufficient money and immigrant our family to Canada for my education here, without that deal his mom would not be able to raise my dad and he would die and thus I won't be here replying your comment.
He’s lucky he has someone like that in his life. Even though it’d be easier for his uncle not to care because he’s so poor. A really genuinely good guy.
Aslic The fact that the sentence sounds worrying is a sad reflection of the brain damage inflicted by the "well-meaning" anti-pedo propaganda/witchhunt on society. For every actual pedophile out there there's probably hundreds of normal males fearing to come in any sort of friendly relations with kids out of fear of being accused of being one. Probably also fathers afraid to show love to their children as well.
Yeah, I feel so bad for that poor kid. He doesn't deserve the life he was given. But at least his uncle does what he can for him, and he really seemed to enjoy education. He had such a beautiful smile on his face when he was writing with his aunt. Hopefully his education can free him from the cycle of poverty. The chances are slim, but there's still hope.
Scientists discovered bacterium in a Japanese waste site that evolved to eat plastic in 2016. A few months ago they modified the enzyme from the bacterium and created a better version (PETase) that can break down PET plastic in a few hours. Scientists are now working to further modify PETase to remain stable at 70 degrees Celsius (158 F), the temp which PET becomes soft and degrades 10 to 100 times faster, to make it even more efficient. They hope that within the next decade that they will have successfully modified the enzyme so that the recycling industry can start catching up with the waste.
The problem then again becomes when such bacteria starts to spread and eat things it wasn't meant to, such as your cars, tires, building insulation, everything... And then we'll need to develop plastic 2.0 and the problem continues.
I read about this, the problem is that it's so strong you could weaponize it and target oil wells and the bacterium could eat up oil supplies. The scientists himself actually mentions this directly, how maybe the world should secure enough renewable energy first in case someone goes crazy and starts targeting oil wells.
i mean i like that they put these machines there to shorten the ways the plastic waste has to take.. but limiting the number of bottles you can put in, to keep the collectors out makes absolutely no sense to me..
ancient child yeah the limit doesn’t make any sense either. I’m just glad those companies are at least trying to recycle the right way and going out of their way to teach a new generation how to be smart about it.
In Vancouver, BC, Canada the "bottle pickers" will break your car window for an empty plastic bottle. Drugs are great (for big Pharma) gotta love our government for supporting them. We even have safe injection sites so they don't use dirty needles, get sick and cost tax payers even more due to our free health care.
It's not big business it's the government in this situation. Even if they were influenced by a business, they are still the ones to restrict. They aren't even letting the business in the video thrive to its fullest potential because they only limit 30 bottles to get money from.
Well of course, every country pollutes to some degree, but when it comes to pollution and toxicity, CHINA takes the cake. Simply walking in smog ridden villages is equivalent to smoking a pack of cigarettes. China is a high industrial machine with little regard for the environment, clearly. Time is money friend. China has dozens of super projects where they plan to construct massive rivers to flow fresh water into the mainland because of the toxic waste destroying their natural waters.
Its pathetic isn't it? there exist safe, clean and practical solutions and procedures to prevent this level of pollution but none of which are employed. China, India and a dozen or so countries in Africa produce the most pollution. Of course there are many external and internal reasons why these countries are the way that they are. Its sad and it effects the lives of many people residing in these toxic wastelands. Its been over a century since we experienced the Industrial Revolution, you'd think the ladder would look at history so not to repeat the problems the West encountered. Its just lack of foresight honestly.
they aint. bikes that are still usable are in the city, those dumped have problems and the company would not be able to fix it due to the high cost. Rather, they simply disposed them to keep the company running. It is a failed attempt of the shared economy.
Feel sorry for that poor kid no friends cause his family is poor his family are awesome thay have good hearts more thay I can say for some people be cool to find out how I could send some money to help them his uncle is a good man that works hard for not much at all god bless them please
Mark Stevenson Absolutely correct, the uncle is a saint for taking in his nephew and giving him a chance for a more normal life, and the young chap is obviously so happy and appreciative and it's good to see him helping his uncle too. It is very sad that, whilst the Govt wants to reduce the level of waste they are taking away the very means for the rubbish pickers to do their work. Catch 22! I have travelled all over China and the bigger cities are quite clean as result of these rubbish pickers who constantly pick up plastic, paper, cardboard, tin cans, bottles, etc. The pickers do a great job!
Those bikes r owned by bike sharing companies, the government took them away from the street cus these bikes r causing congestion in cities now. If the companies wants to take these bike back they have to pay a huge fine to the government...
I pick up plastic waste from the sea all the time. Some of it looks like it might have made a journey from China, it's so scagged up. Everyone should pick up litter, one piece per trip to the woods, swamp, mountain, lake, etc.
Awee, that little boy is so adorable. I really hope he manages to get a good job. He seemed to enjoy his education at least - maybe he'll get lucky and make it. I feel so bad for the people who have to live like that, it's so unfair..
Funny how China tries to penalize rubbish pickers. In the Baltics, the same Tomra machines are often used by pickers/bums to bring huge bags of bottles, no-one is limiting how much they can bring - as it should be.
yeah like wtf.... they bring in machines to solve the problem, only to severely limit the daily intake per machine, completely defeating their purpose.
That makes no sense. If you can easily turn a profit by buying the trash back then the recycling companies would do it themselves. Nothing wrong with developing an economy around recycling, in fact that should be the goal.
Well, we can already look at the examples in other countries. Why doesn't Europe have these problems? Because if the deposit for the bottle is big enough, people will never throw it - especially Chinese who are frugal. So what would these big companies actually gather. Remember, these recycling programs are typically privately run, no private company will allow another party to take advantage of them financially. Remember, this is a BUSINESS. There's a lot of profit to be made. How? All the bottles that are destroyed (beer bottle breaks, your deposit is lost forever) and never make it to the machines are pure profit for the recycling companies. In Europe many got very wealthy because of this.
Why would they want to cut the collectors off from using the machines? They should not limit them to 30 bottles a day. Let them make more of the money and cut out the middleman. The only reason the women gave was “we don’t know where their going”. Well if you let them use the machine you would know wouldn’t you. Hell those guys are 90% effective. Or get the guys bailing equipment and run trucks on a route to pick up crushed and bailed plastic and glass. Or they could make small shredding machines to save even more space and pay them by the pound.
satt1313; I was thinking the same thing. There is more here than meats the eye. Also, why not help the recycling factories with their wast water cleanup instead of just putting them out of business and incinerating the wast? This whole thing smacks of Big Government incompetence.
Do you know one reason why? It's to save FACE (as we call it in china) and to maintain the "image" and "dignity" of their country to foreigners and the top 0.1% holders of all the wealth. They see them no more than vermin and could not give a damn about recycling nor the environment.
The rubbish collectors are poor and dirty. They do not want them at their pretty recycling center. The grocery by my house attracts homeless in the early hours, who return collected cans to buy food. I don't be-grudge them, but if they continue to ask people for money in the parking lot, the grocery store may decide to get rid of their recycling program, just to get rid of the homeless. Many in my neighborhood avoid this close-by grocery, because they don't like being solicited for charity
So nice when the nephew has a skip and jump in his happy walk. Inspiring. Too bad his school mates don't treat him well. Hopefully a happy child. Best part of this film,
I love that little boy, he reminds me of my youngest son who was always skipping instead of walking where ever he went. My son is now 17. The other day he was being goofy but he started skipping... and my heart melted. I hope the world never crushes that sweet spirit in either of them.
Need an update on that boy - is anyone helping to send him to university? I hate seeing a piece of someone's life and then leaving them there to languish in such an uncertain situation.
No one will ever find out how he's getting on. Documentary finished move on to next one... a mate of mine used to sponsor a girl in Africa to go to school he paid for years then one day he got a letter saying the moneys going to a different girl because the one he was paying for was a bit stupid. He went mad and cancelled his payments
What that man does for his nefew is nothing short of brilliant!! I can't believe that kids dad wanted to sell him an all the whole on his deathbed??? That uncle is a shinning example of how family will look after its own in times of crisis, truly a beautiful story
its a diabolical and evil industry...other technologies have been invented in the past by caring intelligent people that would replace and or lower oil consumption considerably only to find out those people died unexpected and confusing deaths...hmm
You can see the pain and sadness in the kids eyes. It's so heartwarming how his uncle works so hard for him. Other ungrateful teenagers would unleash their unhappiness at school on their guardians who would do anything for them. It's so sad. God bless them and I hope the kid can turn his fortune around and make those who once looked down on him and his uncle to respect them.
Some of you may be curious about all those bikes. You can ride any of the millions of bikes that are scattered on every street for a whole month for less than 3 dollars. It's insane. So who the hell would buy bikes. Anyways, I hope people can understand this: It is not that Chinese people or companies or even culture is "evil." China used to be a poor country. Right now the people in the cities (esp the younger people) want to match their living standards to that of more affluent countries in the West (mainly the US). The companies are simply meeting that enormous demand. None of this is actually "evil." The problem is that the environment simply cannot sustain that many people living the way Americans do. The population density also allows unique business models that can't be done elsewhere. The on-demand food delivery fee costs less than 2 dollars. Since restaurants are directly competing with each other on an app, they usually offer 20-30% discounts.
Is this how plastic rice are popping up everywhere in southeast asia? Hopefully these plastic rice won't make it to the US or maybe it's already did. 😪😪
Rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. Why lock out waste pickers if the form part of the solution. Only the elite to benefit. Great piece Journeyman. Thank you for always showing both sides of the fence
Nini mxi does America have family garbage pickers? No. You see big corporations with thousands of garbage trucks effectively coming directly to people’s homes, picking up the waste, and professionally disposing and recycling it all the right way. That is pretty much the only solution.
Ninja1inblack I'll start backwards first we all should care we live on one planet second there are tons of organisations arround the world who distribute donations in the form of goods wich they ship on their expense
Shipping and international import custom red tapes & taxes cost $$$$$$$$. You can try and find out the ugly cost yourself. Get some real education fools.
Why should i ? plus i don't hate Chinese people or the country but when i said China i means it's economic behavior toward the nature , "pss i hate my country more than any others in the planet for many reasons " so calm down ... : )
yes it will cost China and the other country money but think about it which cost more the money you make off tax or wasted land. China can pay for it if they just give it away and build houses or commercial property's.
it would devastate businesses that make aluminum and rubber, also it would cost to ship it to them and since poor countries are usually corrupt it is very unlikely those bikes would end up in the hands of those that need it more
It’s all about money no one in a developing country will have enough money to do a thing like this. Sadly the company with the bikes won’t give them for free since it’s their money and won’t be worth it if they get a low offer.
@9:05 the little boy talking about his father wanting to sell him WTF. I couldn't imagine the pain that little boy must have felt hearing your parent wanted to sell you. I have nothing but respect for the ppl and the culture and don't pretend kids haven't heard those words in the US, it's just sad to hear a child saying those words. You want to tell him he is wanted and loved, I'm happy his uncle stepped in, he may not have much money but he has room for him to be with his family and ppl who love him.
In Denmark we have "pant" on bottles and cans (for soda, beer and water), when you buy a bottle you also pay a "tax" (pant), which you get back when you return the bottle/can to a machine like the one shown at 14:20. The pant is between 16 and 47 cents per bottle/can depending on the size. -- Some one use plastics also have a tax to limit the amount used.
Same here for certain states in the USA. Not a perfect system but that "deposit," seems to work in those that have it. Our tax/'deposit' varies from $0.05--$0.10. I feel like if they raised it to a comparably significant amount as you quoted the Danes having, say ~ $0.50, there's a great chance it would also increase the recycling rate. Wouldn't it be interesting if they'd figure out a way to put it on cigarette butts as well?! Aware of the challenges there but a hopeful experiment. xD
We have that in Germany as well. Most are too rich to bother with their empty bottles, but we have lots of bottle collectors which can collect that "Pfand". They are usually very thorough, so the litter in parks and on sidewalks contains very few bottles. Our system is way too complicated though, as was to be expected from an obsessive bureaucracy like this. Shops only take back the brands they sell, some bottles are exempt from Pfand, and the amount of 8 ct per beer bottle means a ridiculously many bottles for one meal. But it's a good start. Cigaret butts Pfand would be brilliant! So would a hefty sum on take away coffee-cups!
you are in the early stage of what will one day be our most common anxiety,..soon it'll have a name-you should name plastic induced anxiety after yourself,you've earned it-get well soon,
Great documentary. I like the way this huge issue is reported through the overlapping stories of those directly involved/affected by it. Much more material like this is needed. Films like this show that our world is complex and there are never any simple/easy solutions. I make commercial videos for a living here in the UK, but I'd be proud to be working on really worthwhile and well put together content such as this.
Why do so many reporters try to put people in compromising positions? “Hey, do you do illegal activities here?” They ask these people to incriminate themselves on camera. Drives me nuts.
All honesty, I don't think any government of any county cares about the world not the the people of his country.... they should have called something else not the human. those people that works hard and still suffers called humans not the government people.
I know exactly how that poor kid and his uncle must feel.I Used to be and still am a scrap dealer and collector and do rubbish removal as well. I had to think of something to survive and stumbled on the scrap metal so to speak. Now I live in Scotland and do the same thing. Hard work but doesn't pay bad...I think that uncle should also try to move into metals and maybe invest into some sort of truck..
I'd start a GoFundMe for that kid & his uncle & wife if i had their contacts. Such down to earth, lovely, caring folks! I hope he managed to make ends meet, truly do.
This is a very well produced program; thank you for making it available. Very important to know how polluted the world is becoming and how unsustainable so many lifestyles are.
Will contact the production Company and see if we can find out how to contact them and donate!.. Or if anybody has done that then please let me know!..
I think their was a U.S president, maybe JFK, that was promoting biodegradable stuff in speeches and whatnot. In the end, oil and chemical corporations came out in first place with all the money they made
Thats the problem with "they." Everyone wants "them" and "they" to do it, and people have a lot of ideas of what "they" should do. You are they. We are all they. So why dont YOU sell those bikes to other countries?
acemaster916 he’s saying people are saying people should sell those bikes but there are no people to sell them. The only people that can do something are people that choose to.
I've you're the organizing type, please do! I'll give some of my welfare money. But I think the uncle would vastly prefer to be able to earn enough. It's hard on one's pride, living on hand-outs.
Starting at 27:51 it's easy to see they bricked in his whole drive way and entrance into his home. You can also see that the back of his home is against the outside portion of the wall, (the driveway or alleyway). He could just bust out the concrete on the back wall of his home and put a nice door so they can enter and exit as they please. He could even make the door wide enough for him to get his motorcycle / atv out through it so he can continue collecting recyclables and continue to provide for his family. God bless that man for raising and taking care of his nephew, just as good as he would if he were his own child.
How can I send support to the family with the superman uncle taking care of his nephew. Just because China has forgot about this family doesn't mean anyone else has too. As a father it is my greatest joy providing for my family. I can see this man deeply loves his family and man, I would love to support that all day long!!
Why aren't They recycling for God's sake? All the takeaways in UK are packaged in recycled biodegradable paper & cardboard & can be recycled. It enrages Me that there are still People like My neighbours putting out 40 black bags every 2 Weeks whereas if They recycled They'd have it picked up every Week. Well, every household will be restricted to putting out 1 bin bag per fortnight soon & be fined if They don't recycle. The Government needs to enforce recycling & start with all those dumped bikes! Send recycling collectors out every Week & send a rubbish collector only once a fortnight. Restrict how many rubbish bags are allowed to be thrown out & make People recycle! Create Jobs in rubbish sorting & recycling waste management & employ the plastic collectors so They can afford to provide decent living standards for their Families!
+Carpe Diem I live in the UK & We've been partially limited for over a decade now. Trash is collected only once every 2 weeks. Whereas recycling is collected every Week including food recycling (in the bags made out of rice) & garden waste recycling which includes animal droppings/dog mess is collected Weekly. Almost everyone recycles here now out of choice so We all have next to no trash to throw out if any. But Thanks to the lazy minority of arseholes like My neighbours who eat like pigs & still don't recycle The authorities are setting a long awaited cap on how much trash People can throw out & making it mandatory by Law for these slobs to recycle. It won't affect the majority of Us though as We already recycle. I have just under half a bag of rubbish to put out every fortnight & all it contains is wet wipes & similar items that can't be recycled or flushed. Just about everyone recycles food & animal waste so it can be collected Weekly. Fly tipping carries a hefty fine & often jail so there's very little of it here especially since there are Government facilities where You can take waste but You have to put specific types of waste in the correct designated skips & are supervised. It nearly all gets recycled from there. Things like fridges or ovens, bikes, furniture, clothes. Everything is sorted & recycled from there so You can take it there directly or from outside Your House each Week or the Banks in supermarket car parks. There's CCTV literally everywhere too in the towns so it's a bit hard to get away with fly tipping.
Everything you sorted for recycling was actually sent to china. None of it was done locally. The UK is now on the cusp of disaster since China banned the import of foreign waste for recycling.
+killj I just checked to see if You were right & apparently Yeah, in England, They send a lot of their plastic to China to be recycled & it actually ends up in landfill over there instead! I'm so upset about this! I live in Wales & We have Our own recycling plants. A second plant just opened which is actually in My town & a lot of People protested about it being built near Houses because it's a plastic recycling plant & people thought it would cause fumes. I don't know why. I wonder if that's why Our Council has announced They're reintroducing the old method of recycling where We have to sort Our recycling into separate types? I know where Our food & garden waste goes & it all gets recycled efficiently but You've made Me wonder now. Thanks for letting Me know! I'm gonna start a Petition! This isn't right! They're lying to Us & wrecking Our Planet!
That man who is suffering in order to give his nephew an education is a HERO in my eyes!
A true altruist.
He has such a generous heart. His nephew is raised on pure honest love and respect, I hope they are all doing well.
Yes that was my thoughts as well . His humanity makes him a real human . I know a lot of people think we are all human , but I don't think that . It's my point , if you do un-human activities . Why should you be included as a human . If we start at this point , now . We can only all become a better human . See if we say he or her is un-human then we start to become un-human if we act on it . So we must help them to change . There is still one point in this , I don't know . How do we handle a murderer or a rapist . Why keeping to this ideal ? But thank to the makers of the story .
I would love to support people like him with an small amount of Euro / That would help them so much ... Guy is Hero for mother nature and the small kid
mad respect to the guy. people like him are the real mvp on this planet
That uncle is an amazing guy, an angel.
something money can never buy.
He brought a tear to my eyes.
Bless him.
Let's start a GoFundMe
What if I tell you the film didn’t translate the last sentence of the kid which was “my dad said he’s gonna sell me Because I Was Being Naughty.”
"Daily limit of 20-30 bottles per user"
That's absoloutely disgusting
designed to put the poor out of bottle collecting.....she has no dignity although she claims that is what she brings to the business.
China man.. Damn
@@ggzz6862 yeah that's what I was thinking. She claimed to want to add dignity to the industry and then explains exactly how they'll push each and every one of them out of work forever. I'm just sitting here like ???????????
Money scheme: Take the bikes, repaint them, ship them to the USA and sell them at Walmart.
@nic sharp so true
And where do you think they manufacture these bikes?
I was thinking the same; to ship them to europe
@Watzetzface how is that, can you explain?
They cant because they have been contaminated with VD and tuberculosis.
You have no idea how incredibly easy your life is until you watch a documentary like this.
You are soooo right.
Very true
Unless your on $5 a day picking trash up from building sites & live in a run down shed with no electric or running water with the threat of the government knocking on your door tomorrow to evict you & your family then your life is easy compared to Mr Wong. Mr Wong doesn't have the time or the phone to surf RUclips trying to be smart.
Now look at what they call lol an esport.
Yea or until you work 5 to 10 for next to nothing
That uncle is literally SUPERMAN! ❤️👊🏻👌🏻
@Ghost Apophis Same!! @Journeymen Pictures find us Wong!!
@@stoggyreturns3512 how do you spell his name? I'll do some research and comment here when I find the journalist who interviewed him. I'm sure we can get an address that way.
Put all those bike in the hood for a day and they'll be gone.
@nick b fr
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*We can ban single-use plastic items.*
100% bio-degradable corn starch bags, compressed fiber plates, and the paper cups do exist. We can ban single-use plastic without any loss of comfort.
It can be done and it's affordable too.
Shut up
Make more noise for cleaner future!
@@spin-cthrowshands5553 paper cups have to be lined with plastic in order to prevent the liquid from leaking through the paper. Also biodegradable plastic alternatives are too expensive and not practical in their material use
@@spin-cthrowshands5553 lol wut
Isn't it better to develop infrastructure and technologies for recycling and reuse?
Wow... They should have just gave the bicycles away in rural areas. Or sold it in other countries in cheaper price than wasting it.
You cant use a completely functional bike?
Then export them to 3rd world countries where people need them. China is a wealthy country, how about try and help others for a change?
Your comments make sense. Can you give any reference? News?
ۛ Chinas has more money than USA
The cost will be uneconomical and you know chinese build quality..it is just like sending garbage overseas not sending bikes.
Poor kid. Imagine knowing your dad was going to sell you?
John Brunner these Fuckers need to stop having kids! Their so poor it makes no sense, and then their going to just sell them away? What the fuck? Educate your citizens and sterilize the idiots if your not going to create human rights for them.
Boys are the bread makers, thats his chance ,he is getting old and no kids thats big trouble remember they do not have pension in specialy from the country side.
It wasn't literal. For us, it could sound the same as saying something like: If you don't behave in a good way, Santa is not bringing you gifts. His father said: I'm gonna sell you 'if you're naughty'. Just the rest of the sentence wasn't translated.
My father was sold to someone who would eventually give him chances to receive education which is good enough for him to generate sufficient money and immigrant our family to Canada for my education here, without that deal his mom would not be able to raise my dad and he would die and thus I won't be here replying your comment.
Imagine knowing this is a common thing in your country
That is a badass uncle.
that uncle is fkin awesome. he should get some donations or something
The uncle loves this boy 😊
Yeah Well Thats Sounds a Little Bit Worrying The Way You Say It.
@Rafa quiroz but why did you deleted your comment then?
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He’s lucky he has someone like that in his life. Even though it’d be easier for his uncle not to care because he’s so poor. A really genuinely good guy.
Aslic The fact that the sentence sounds worrying is a sad reflection of the brain damage inflicted by the "well-meaning" anti-pedo propaganda/witchhunt on society. For every actual pedophile out there there's probably hundreds of normal males fearing to come in any sort of friendly relations with kids out of fear of being accused of being one. Probably also fathers afraid to show love to their children as well.
If I can be one thing in this life’s it’s to be as good a father to my son as that man is to his nephew.
The back bone of every good society are good father's, those who sacrifice every thing they wished they could do for the betterment of their child
Yeah, I feel so bad for that poor kid. He doesn't deserve the life he was given. But at least his uncle does what he can for him, and he really seemed to enjoy education. He had such a beautiful smile on his face when he was writing with his aunt. Hopefully his education can free him from the cycle of poverty. The chances are slim, but there's still hope.
but you could help. commit to 20 dollars a month. God and Jesus , would call you 'RIGHTEOUS'. Do unto ours, as you would yourself.
IF YOU'RE IN AMERICA HE WILL GROW UP TO BE AN UNGRATEFUL DEGENERATE
Totally brother, that young boy is richer than any man on EARTH. He has been given a gift that no amount of money can buy.
27:30 "My hope is that for his whole life, he has food to eat-- FACTS"
Scientists discovered bacterium in a Japanese waste site that evolved to eat plastic in 2016. A few months ago they modified the enzyme from the bacterium and created a better version (PETase) that can break down PET plastic in a few hours. Scientists are now working to further modify PETase to remain stable at 70 degrees Celsius (158 F), the temp which PET becomes soft and degrades 10 to 100 times faster, to make it even more efficient. They hope that within the next decade that they will have successfully modified the enzyme so that the recycling industry can start catching up with the waste.
John Aiken this is awesome news, had to google that!
John Aiken They should release some bacteria into the wild.
John Aiken; plastic is a great fuel! Plastic digestion wastes this valuable waste resource! Incineration is better.
The problem then again becomes when such bacteria starts to spread and eat things it wasn't meant to, such as your cars, tires, building insulation, everything... And then we'll need to develop plastic 2.0 and the problem continues.
I read about this, the problem is that it's so strong you could weaponize it and target oil wells and the bacterium could eat up oil supplies.
The scientists himself actually mentions this directly, how maybe the world should secure enough renewable energy first in case someone goes crazy and starts targeting oil wells.
God bless his uncle
Uncle has a slave.
Whenever an individual finds a way to support their family, big business always finds a way to try and take it away, even if it's collecting garbage.
i mean i like that they put these machines there to shorten the ways the plastic waste has to take.. but limiting the number of bottles you can put in, to keep the collectors out makes absolutely no sense to me..
Power to the Sheeple not only they but the government also
ancient child yeah the limit doesn’t make any sense either. I’m just glad those companies are at least trying to recycle the right way and going out of their way to teach a new generation how to be smart about it.
In Vancouver, BC, Canada the "bottle pickers" will break your car window for an empty plastic bottle. Drugs are great (for big Pharma) gotta love our government for supporting them. We even have safe injection sites so they don't use dirty needles, get sick and cost tax payers even more due to our free health care.
It's not big business it's the government in this situation. Even if they were influenced by a business, they are still the ones to restrict. They aren't even letting the business in the video thrive to its fullest potential because they only limit 30 bottles to get money from.
Offer up the bikes to global consumers is they pay for shipping.
What a great uncle. I would definitely donate if something was set up for them.
This is happening everywhere not just China
The entire continent of Asia pollutes at a rate considerably higher than others. They don't give two fucks about the earth.
Well of course, every country pollutes to some degree, but when it comes to pollution and toxicity, CHINA takes the cake. Simply walking in smog ridden villages is equivalent to smoking a pack of cigarettes. China is a high industrial machine with little regard for the environment, clearly. Time is money friend. China has dozens of super projects where they plan to construct massive rivers to flow fresh water into the mainland because of the toxic waste destroying their natural waters.
Its pathetic isn't it? there exist safe, clean and practical solutions and procedures to prevent this level of pollution but none of which are employed. China, India and a dozen or so countries in Africa produce the most pollution. Of course there are many external and internal reasons why these countries are the way that they are. Its sad and it effects the lives of many people residing in these toxic wastelands. Its been over a century since we experienced the Industrial Revolution, you'd think the ladder would look at history so not to repeat the problems the West encountered. Its just lack of foresight honestly.
X X grow up.
Not a fair argument considering that they hold 60% of the worlds population. And the mindset of consumerism and waste started with Europeans
I would like a free bike.
@@acobb7961 Are they mostly the same brand bikes with the same colours?
You will have to pay for the shipment of the bikes.
just visit the netherlands.
Shipping from china seems pretty cheap. If just someone was sellinh them for cheap
You could probably just take out the good parts of a few of those bikes, combine them and get one that is as good as new...
That child is very lucky he has an uncle like that. What an amazing man.
Omg the bike still in good condition
they aint. bikes that are still usable are in the city, those dumped have problems and the company would not be able to fix it due to the high cost. Rather, they simply disposed them to keep the company running. It is a failed attempt of the shared economy.
It disturbed me how they had all of those bikes just sitting there to rot. Calling them "waste". Many people all over the world would love a new bike.
Feel sorry for that poor kid no friends cause his family is poor his family are awesome thay have good hearts more thay I can say for some people be cool to find out how I could send some money to help them his uncle is a good man that works hard for not much at all god bless them please
Mark Stevenson Absolutely correct, the uncle is a saint for taking in his nephew and giving him a chance for a more normal life, and the young chap is obviously so happy and appreciative and it's good to see him helping his uncle too.
It is very sad that, whilst the Govt wants to reduce the level of waste they are taking away the very means for the rubbish pickers to do their work. Catch 22!
I have travelled all over China and the bigger cities are quite clean as result of these rubbish pickers who constantly pick up plastic, paper, cardboard, tin cans, bottles, etc. The pickers do a great job!
We should help that kid and his family
Yes, I would like to know how to donate to him specifically. Hope the producers are reading these comments :-/
Mark Stevenson I agree. Heart breaking. Being a single dad of three I don't have much extra but I'd gladly give what I could.
*Top 10 Anime Tragic Backstories* ...
how can many of those people think about the environment when they can't even feed themselves?
this world is going to hell in a handbasket fast.!!!!!!
What we can do it s just to watch it
I'm sure that lil kid could use a bike and his uncle a better bike.
in my country we will cry for a bicycle like that
What country?
Those bikes r owned by bike sharing companies, the government took them away from the street cus these bikes r causing congestion in cities now. If the companies wants to take these bike back they have to pay a huge fine to the government...
Did you slip that man and his nephew a little money before you left? I would have at least slid $100 his way.
i truly hope so. i thought the same thing.
What a heartbreaking story
Anikraze One in a ten million in China and probably 100 million in Asia/the world
they got payed for the documentary i guess
He probably wouldn't have excepted it.
I pick up plastic waste from the sea all the time. Some of it looks like it might have made a journey from China, it's so scagged up. Everyone should pick up litter, one piece per trip to the woods, swamp, mountain, lake, etc.
i do the same thing, especially at the beach, as ANIMALS ', will eat it.
Greener expeditions - How about a bagful each?
Indeed! Bring a contractor's bag or two for every venture!
Awee, that little boy is so adorable. I really hope he manages to get a good job. He seemed to enjoy his education at least - maybe he'll get lucky and make it. I feel so bad for the people who have to live like that, it's so unfair..
Funny how China tries to penalize rubbish pickers. In the Baltics, the same Tomra machines are often used by pickers/bums to bring huge bags of bottles, no-one is limiting how much they can bring - as it should be.
yeah like wtf.... they bring in machines to solve the problem, only to severely limit the daily intake per machine, completely defeating their purpose.
He's not penalised for his profession, but he's getting kicked out because he isn't officially a beijing resident.
Wason the streets in the neatherlands for a few days. How I feed my self .was a godsend.....
That makes no sense. If you can easily turn a profit by buying the trash back then the recycling companies would do it themselves.
Nothing wrong with developing an economy around recycling, in fact that should be the goal.
Well, we can already look at the examples in other countries. Why doesn't Europe have these problems? Because if the deposit for the bottle is big enough, people will never throw it - especially Chinese who are frugal. So what would these big companies actually gather. Remember, these recycling programs are typically privately run, no private company will allow another party to take advantage of them financially.
Remember, this is a BUSINESS. There's a lot of profit to be made. How? All the bottles that are destroyed (beer bottle breaks, your deposit is lost forever) and never make it to the machines are pure profit for the recycling companies. In Europe many got very wealthy because of this.
That landfill WAS probably deep as a quarry till it turned into a hills. In a few more years and it's mountains.
Can’t imagine what it is now mate
That man who tries to provide for his nephew is good human being.
Send me a bike I’ll pay shipping!
You can get them dirt cheap on alibaba/aliexpress
Why would they want to cut the collectors off from using the machines? They should not limit them to 30 bottles a day. Let them make more of the money and cut out the middleman. The only reason the women gave was “we don’t know where their going”. Well if you let them use the machine you would know wouldn’t you. Hell those guys are 90% effective. Or get the guys bailing equipment and run trucks on a route to pick up crushed and bailed plastic and glass. Or they could make small shredding machines to save even more space and pay them by the pound.
everything has a value... but human life...
satt1313; I was thinking the same thing. There is more here than meats the eye. Also, why not help the recycling factories with their wast water cleanup instead of just putting them out of business and incinerating the wast? This whole thing smacks of Big Government incompetence.
Do you know one reason why? It's to save FACE (as we call it in china) and to maintain the "image" and "dignity" of their country to foreigners and the top 0.1% holders of all the wealth. They see them no more than vermin and could not give a damn about recycling nor the environment.
Just wait till one of those kids gets their hand stuck in the machine
The rubbish collectors are poor and dirty. They do not want them at their pretty recycling center. The grocery by my house attracts homeless in the early hours, who return collected cans to buy food. I don't be-grudge them, but if they continue to ask people for money in the parking lot, the grocery store may decide to get rid of their recycling program, just to get rid of the homeless. Many in my neighborhood avoid this close-by grocery, because they don't like being solicited for charity
this picture of china is never shown by main stream media.
NIHARKANTA PARIDA
What? This is common knowledge.
This is why we need the ABC in Australia
They only show the karate side
same problem here in the west. never distract people from paying taxes
Just like they don't show the slums in the USA. Anyone been to Camden NJ lately? Don't even mention Detroit and St. Louis.
So nice when the nephew has a skip and jump in his happy walk. Inspiring. Too bad his school mates don't treat him well. Hopefully a happy child. Best part of this film,
I love that little boy, he reminds me of my youngest son who was always skipping instead of walking where ever he went. My son is now 17. The other day he was being goofy but he started skipping... and my heart melted. I hope the world never crushes that sweet spirit in either of them.
The company places a limmit on highly industrious litter pickers is a critical error.
Need an update on that boy - is anyone helping to send him to university? I hate seeing a piece of someone's life and then leaving them there to languish in such an uncertain situation.
1pixelinthespectrum he passed away unfortunately
@@hkhjg1734 trolling?
Shane Bowman i don’t know him personally obviously but this is what i heard. he had cancer and they didn’t catch it quick enough
No one will ever find out how he's getting on. Documentary finished move on to next one... a mate of mine used to sponsor a girl in Africa to go to school he paid for years then one day he got a letter saying the moneys going to a different girl because the one he was paying for was a bit stupid. He went mad and cancelled his payments
@@roadrunner4490 lol thats hilarious
What that man does for his nefew is nothing short of brilliant!! I can't believe that kids dad wanted to sell him an all the whole on his deathbed??? That uncle is a shinning example of how family will look after its own in times of crisis, truly a beautiful story
5:23 there is literally a recycling bin right there and he put it in the trash bin 🤦🏼♂️
I hope you threw this guy a couple hundred $$??!!
of course not
Hey the petroleum industry's sure making a lot of money though!
its a diabolical and evil industry...other technologies have been invented in the past by caring intelligent people that would replace and or lower oil consumption considerably only to find out those people died unexpected and confusing deaths...hmm
@@charleswebb9922 we humans are the problem, why can't we simply change our habits and stop using/ wasting at first??
The rubbish collector who took in his nephew is a good person.
You can see the pain and sadness in the kids eyes. It's so heartwarming how his uncle works so hard for him. Other ungrateful teenagers would unleash their unhappiness at school on their guardians who would do anything for them. It's so sad. God bless them and I hope the kid can turn his fortune around and make those who once looked down on him and his uncle to respect them.
What a hellhole..
Some of you may be curious about all those bikes. You can ride any of the millions of bikes that are scattered on every street for a whole month for less than 3 dollars. It's insane. So who the hell would buy bikes.
Anyways, I hope people can understand this:
It is not that Chinese people or companies or even culture is "evil." China used to be a poor country. Right now the people in the cities (esp the younger people) want to match their living standards to that of more affluent countries in the West (mainly the US). The companies are simply meeting that enormous demand.
None of this is actually "evil." The problem is that the environment simply cannot sustain that many people living the way Americans do. The population density also allows unique business models that can't be done elsewhere. The on-demand food delivery fee costs less than 2 dollars. Since restaurants are directly competing with each other on an app, they usually offer 20-30% discounts.
You have only America living like America, thats already burdensome. Now you have the world living like America? Thats just not possible mate.
"most are totally worthless pieces of shit anyways."
Look who's talking.
bike curious
Is this how plastic rice are popping up everywhere in southeast asia? Hopefully these plastic rice won't make it to the US or maybe it's already did. 😪😪
Doom Head it’s a bit more that that mate lol
That uncle is doing what no politician in the history of China has ever done for any child, much respect. He deserves a medal of honor.
Jeezus that poor family... Right in the feels
Rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. Why lock out waste pickers if the form part of the solution. Only the elite to benefit. Great piece Journeyman. Thank you for always showing both sides of the fence
That every country
Nini mxi does America have family garbage pickers? No. You see big corporations with thousands of garbage trucks effectively coming directly to people’s homes, picking up the waste, and professionally disposing and recycling it all the right way. That is pretty much the only solution.
Then the poor get an actual minimum wage job that makes more than $6/day because there are no more bottles to pick up.
they should distribute those bike to poor villages around the world
no need around the world, they have enough poor people in many villages.
somehow i have the feeling that all the unused bikes from this bike rent trend are more than that
Who will pay to ship those bikes away to the poor? You? It’s only the responsibility of those who care about it.
Ninja1inblack I'll start backwards first we all should care we live on one planet second there are tons of organisations arround the world who distribute donations in the form of goods wich they ship on their expense
Shipping and international import custom red tapes & taxes cost $$$$$$$$. You can try and find out the ugly cost yourself. Get some real education fools.
Much respect to the man who wouldn't let his nephew get sold.
I love the way Wung skips everywhere, his dad is a hero 😎❤️
Honestly China scares me
Liar
Make America Great Again! MAGAGAGAGAGA!!!
You had a 1 in 7 chance if being born there.
Why should i ? plus i don't hate Chinese people or the country but when i said China i means it's economic behavior toward the nature , "pss i hate my country more than any others in the planet for many reasons " so calm down ... : )
And 0.001% not being born at all , So what's your point ?
Wow poor countries can use those bikes to travel free. China can fix this easy.
Please note the rubbish picker rides one
yes it will cost China and the other country money but think about it which cost more the money you make off tax or wasted land. China can pay for it if they just give it away and build houses or commercial property's.
But who's gonna manage such a huge shipment.
it would devastate businesses that make aluminum and rubber, also it would cost to ship it to them and since poor countries are usually corrupt it is very unlikely those bikes would end up in the hands of those that need it more
Capitalism doesn’t allow you to give away things for free.
This is incredibly sad. The kid is so happy he did not get sold. But still, his life is so difficult. Heartbreaking.
Sell all of the bikes to southern hemisphere developing nations...
It’s all about money no one in a developing country will have enough money to do a thing like this. Sadly the company with the bikes won’t give them for free since it’s their money and won’t be worth it if they get a low offer.
@9:05 the little boy talking about his father wanting to sell him WTF. I couldn't imagine the pain that little boy must have felt hearing your parent wanted to sell you. I have nothing but respect for the ppl and the culture and don't pretend kids haven't heard those words in the US, it's just sad to hear a child saying those words. You want to tell him he is wanted and loved, I'm happy his uncle stepped in, he may not have much money but he has room for him to be with his family and ppl who love him.
We should bring the old man and his nephew to the US
Not justifying selling people, but the boy also said he wasn’t a good boy, it wasn’t in the translation though
What can one do in poverty? It is better his children go to a different family than starving.
Uncle deserves a GoFundMe
www.gofundme.com/help-mengnan-finish-school
Nice! Thank you!
I have just watched this and wanted to help, but I was to late the page is now closed, but a big Thank you to all who donated.
Would love to get an update video on them
No No NO. No fund me. Fund the people in your OWN back yard.
I didn't cry.. men don't cry.. such level of selflessness by the uncle. 😭😭😭
I still wander what was the market were the father wanted to sell his kid?
@@heyhoe168 Human trafficking in China has a surprisingly big market.
I sure as hell cried. How can we send him a few dollars?
In Denmark we have "pant" on bottles and cans (for soda, beer and water), when you buy a bottle you also pay a "tax" (pant), which you get back when you return the bottle/can to a machine like the one shown at 14:20. The pant is between 16 and 47 cents per bottle/can depending on the size. -- Some one use plastics also have a tax to limit the amount used.
Same here for certain states in the USA. Not a perfect system but that "deposit," seems to work in those that have it. Our tax/'deposit' varies from $0.05--$0.10. I feel like if they raised it to a comparably significant amount as you quoted the Danes having, say ~ $0.50, there's a great chance it would also increase the recycling rate. Wouldn't it be interesting if they'd figure out a way to put it on cigarette butts as well?! Aware of the challenges there but a hopeful experiment. xD
We have that in Germany as well. Most are too rich to bother with their empty bottles, but we have lots of bottle collectors which can collect that "Pfand". They are usually very thorough, so the litter in parks and on sidewalks contains very few bottles.
Our system is way too complicated though, as was to be expected from an obsessive bureaucracy like this. Shops only take back the brands they sell, some bottles are exempt from Pfand, and the amount of 8 ct per beer bottle means a ridiculously many bottles for one meal. But it's a good start.
Cigaret butts Pfand would be brilliant! So would a hefty sum on take away coffee-cups!
All that plastic gives me aniexty
you are in the early stage of what will one day be our most common anxiety,..soon it'll have a name-you should name plastic induced anxiety after yourself,you've earned it-get well soon,
You get anxiety easy then...
It's in our blood streams too. Google it.
I like the Uncle and what isn't dignified about work especially if you are your own boss!
Great documentary. I like the way this huge issue is reported through the overlapping stories of those directly involved/affected by it. Much more material like this is needed. Films like this show that our world is complex and there are never any simple/easy solutions. I make commercial videos for a living here in the UK, but I'd be proud to be working on really worthwhile and well put together content such as this.
What fantastic, consistently interesting and high quality productions this channel produces.
Why do so many reporters try to put people in compromising positions? “Hey, do you do illegal activities here?” They ask these people to incriminate themselves on camera. Drives me nuts.
People facing with Mind boggling problems very soon
Automation can solve a great deal of it.. there will be a lot more innovation in that space. Robots and AI etc.
untill there is an alternative nothing will change, nothing
I don't think that's exactly what he means. Read between the lines and the changes happening now.
All honesty, I don't think any government of any county cares about the world not the the people of his country.... they should have called something else not the human. those people that works hard and still suffers called humans not the government people.
so what is the plastic alternative then ? what is its replacement? untill you find a substitute plastic polution will never change
Ooh that is more bikes than in the Netherlands.
That is what I call journalism, real news, real problems. Well done and keep up the great job.
Shame I feel so sorry for that boy
No hope :/
Tons of hope. Happy Holidays.
I know exactly how that poor kid and his uncle must feel.I Used to be and still am a scrap dealer and collector and do rubbish removal as well. I had to think of something to survive and stumbled on the scrap metal so to speak. Now I live in Scotland and do the same thing. Hard work but doesn't pay bad...I think that uncle should also try to move into metals and maybe invest into some sort of truck..
I would love to see an update on this family. I pray they are ok
I'd start a GoFundMe for that kid & his uncle & wife if i had their contacts. Such down to earth, lovely, caring folks! I hope he managed to make ends meet, truly do.
Such a powerful conclusion.
Really goes to show just how upside down this world is.
Keep on pickin! 🙌
It's too expensive to recycle PET. In the end it becomes pollution.
11:07 Such heartwarming words, every parent should think like this
This is a very well produced program; thank you for making it available. Very important to know how polluted the world is becoming and how unsustainable so many lifestyles are.
Dang I really want to send money to that family but he probably doesn't even have a bank account.
95TurboSol no worries ... They would have WeChat ... Where there is money there is WeChat ...
@@KarlDMarx I wonder if he has access to the internet or a device to use wechat
@Nij Jin No, poor people don't have bank accounts (usually), wasn't assuming because it's china.
95TurboSol very likely ... Cash is disappearing rapidly
Will contact the production Company and see if we can find out how to contact them and donate!.. Or if anybody has done that then please let me know!..
It's a good that China recognize the problem and are making an effort to reduce their waste.
Hemp plastics are biodegradable.
I think their was a U.S president, maybe JFK, that was promoting biodegradable stuff in speeches and whatnot. In the end, oil and chemical corporations came out in first place with all the money they made
Also the yucca plant makes great biodegradable plastic.
Ghost In The Mirror So, that's why he was assasinated?
he's so happy to see his dad life is priceless amen
Imagine how much metal you could get from all those bikes
Why don't they sell those bikes to other countries? They would make millions selling those bikes and cleaning up at the same time.
Thats the problem with "they." Everyone wants "them" and "they" to do it, and people have a lot of ideas of what "they" should do. You are they. We are all they. So why dont YOU sell those bikes to other countries?
Logan Cressler because he’s not they 😊
@@Bunneh1046 Did he get offended because I didn't use the right gender pronoun? I'm confused.
acemaster916 he’s saying people are saying people should sell those bikes but there are no people to sell them. The only people that can do something are people that choose to.
@@pinkyless When I said they, I meant as in their government or country, not they as individuals. Should be obvious if he had any common sense.
We should start a gofundme for the uncle, a way to help him and his nephew out. Get the kid through college atleast!
Shicool Yasmin yeah... him and the millions of other families that are in the exact same situation.
their literally thousands and millions of people and families just like him that havent been recognized...what about them?
I've you're the organizing type, please do! I'll give some of my welfare money. But I think the uncle would vastly prefer to be able to earn enough. It's hard on one's pride, living on hand-outs.
Imagine what the car dump looks like
Starting at 27:51 it's easy to see they bricked in his whole drive way and entrance into his home. You can also see that the back of his home is against the outside portion of the wall, (the driveway or alleyway). He could just bust out the concrete on the back wall of his home and put a nice door so they can enter and exit as they please. He could even make the door wide enough for him to get his motorcycle / atv out through it so he can continue collecting recyclables and continue to provide for his family.
God bless that man for raising and taking care of his nephew, just as good as he would if he were his own child.
The person who invented these bike sharing schemes should be put into prison
Geflunk why? They didn’t intend to cause harm, they were just failed businesses
@@lolol1725 they never clean up their mess and leave it for the govt to do it
it failed because everyone copied him and his business ended up failing.
Sharing means different thing to different people like borrowing. Though business plan IMO.
China could donate some of these bikes to fat Americans trying to lose weight. 😊👍👌
the uncle is a God honest man God bless him and his family
Ah, such a sweet kid, so happy and cheerful. He's lucky to have such a great uncle, I hope they find some relief in this world.
I would love a free bike
Did you guys help the family, they are going to be roofless soon T.T
The amounts of waste they produce is incredible. Makes the recycling movements in western countries seem futile :(
The recycling movement in the west was largely just shipping it to China. Now even Malaysia can't keep up.
How can I send support to the family with the superman uncle taking care of his nephew. Just because China has forgot about this family doesn't mean anyone else has too. As a father it is my greatest joy providing for my family. I can see this man deeply loves his family and man, I would love to support that all day long!!
Donate those bikes to other countries
Why aren't They recycling for God's sake? All the takeaways in UK are packaged in recycled biodegradable paper & cardboard & can be recycled. It enrages Me that there are still People like My neighbours putting out 40 black bags every 2 Weeks whereas if They recycled They'd have it picked up every Week. Well, every household will be restricted to putting out 1 bin bag per fortnight soon & be fined if They don't recycle. The Government needs to enforce recycling & start with all those dumped bikes! Send recycling collectors out every Week & send a rubbish collector only once a fortnight. Restrict how many rubbish bags are allowed to be thrown out & make People recycle! Create Jobs in rubbish sorting & recycling waste management & employ the plastic collectors so They can afford to provide decent living standards for their Families!
+Carpe Diem I live in the UK & We've been partially limited for over a decade now. Trash is collected only once every 2 weeks. Whereas recycling is collected every Week including food recycling (in the bags made out of rice) & garden waste recycling which includes animal droppings/dog mess is collected Weekly. Almost everyone recycles here now out of choice so We all have next to no trash to throw out if any. But Thanks to the lazy minority of arseholes like My neighbours who eat like pigs & still don't recycle The authorities are setting a long awaited cap on how much trash People can throw out & making it mandatory by Law for these slobs to recycle. It won't affect the majority of Us though as We already recycle. I have just under half a bag of rubbish to put out every fortnight & all it contains is wet wipes & similar items that can't be recycled or flushed. Just about everyone recycles food & animal waste so it can be collected Weekly. Fly tipping carries a hefty fine & often jail so there's very little of it here especially since there are Government facilities where You can take waste but You have to put specific types of waste in the correct designated skips & are supervised. It nearly all gets recycled from there. Things like fridges or ovens, bikes, furniture, clothes. Everything is sorted & recycled from there so You can take it there directly or from outside Your House each Week or the Banks in supermarket car parks. There's CCTV literally everywhere too in the towns so it's a bit hard to get away with fly tipping.
Everything you sorted for recycling was actually sent to china. None of it was done locally. The UK is now on the cusp of disaster since China banned the import of foreign waste for recycling.
+killj I just checked to see if You were right & apparently Yeah, in England, They send a lot of their plastic to China to be recycled & it actually ends up in landfill over there instead! I'm so upset about this!
I live in Wales & We have Our own recycling plants. A second plant just opened which is actually in My town & a lot of People protested about it being built near Houses because it's a plastic recycling plant & people thought it would cause fumes. I don't know why.
I wonder if that's why Our Council has announced They're reintroducing the old method of recycling where We have to sort Our recycling into separate types? I know where Our food & garden waste goes & it all gets recycled efficiently but You've made Me wonder now. Thanks for letting Me know! I'm gonna start a Petition! This isn't right! They're lying to Us & wrecking Our Planet!
teardrops in my eyes. This is China, this is us!
Just under 1 cent? Geeze. 10 cents in most places here in the US, 20 in a couple of states.