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Garbage Recyclers in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - April 8: Yan Wei, garbage recycler, weighs a trashed bathtub in a recycling center on April 8, 2010 in Shanghai, China. The bathtub weighs 23 kg and the recyclers get 42 RMB (4.5 euros) from the recycling center for it. Yan Wei, 36-year-old, used to be a moto-taximan in Shenzhen but had to drop his job when moto-taxis got forbidden in Shenzhen. He moved to Shanghai in the hope of getting a better job and is now helping in installing appliances in new apartments, a job where he occasionally collects trashed materials that he sells to the recycling center. He makes between 2,000 RMB and 4,000 RMB a month (217 euros to 435 euros). (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - April 8: Yan Wei, garbage recycler, weighs a trashed bathtub in a recycling center on April 8, 2010 in Shanghai, China. The bathtub weighs 23 kg and the recyclers get 42 RMB (4.5 euros) from the recycling center for it. Yan Wei, 36-year-old, used to be a moto-taximan in Shenzhen but had to drop his job when moto-taxis got forbidden in Shenzhen. He moved to Shanghai in the hope of getting a better job and is now helping in installing appliances in new apartments, a job where he occasionally collects trashed materials that he sells to the recycling center. He makes between 2,000 RMB and 4,000 RMB a month (217 euros to 435 euros). (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)