As in many other bigger cities, people with a low income tries to earn money from colecting waste in the streets. In this case, this 33 years old man colects cardboard from the garbage, and take it to a recycling center, he usually makes 50 reais per day ( 23 euros ), but that amount may vary with the quantity, kind and quality of the cardboard.
He walks in the street, along with the cars, and when he needs to parks his card to load it, he does it in anywhere, sidewalk, street.
He works everyday, from 7 am to 7 pm.
Info
- Item author
- Felipe Blum
- Item Created
- 17 Jun 2010
- Photo taken on
- 16 Jun 2010 4:27 am
Context of the observation
Location
Circulo militar do parana, curitiba
Brazil
Brazil
1 Interpretation
This kind of colecting is pretty common in Curitba, they grab the garbage from the street, and also helps to recycle, what is very good to the city. But the bad part is that influences the traffic a lot. Sometimes, long lanes are formed behind them in the street, and makes the drivers very upset.
2 Questions & 0 Responses
How can the people who use those trolleys be less disturbing for other road users when working?
How much garbage can be collected during the 12 working hours? Are the routes of the garbage removing fixed? If not, how the route of every day can be planed.