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A Sign of the Times?
There is a karang-guni collection centre in the industrial park where I work. Well, calling it a “centre” is stretching it. It is set up at a corner of a t-junction, and all manner of paper, plastic and scrap metal sit on wooden pallets line the pavements. As you can imagine, a bulk of the “sellers” are old people who pick up all manner of recyclables to sell for sustenance. When you see how old some of these people are, really, it really tugs at your heartstrings. But I do applaud them, for their tenacity. They push bicycles / trolleys full of stuff gathered from who-knows-where and slowly make their way to the collection centre. The record height of one of these trolleys was 1 storey high, pushed along by an old man in a tattered wife-beater and worn slippers. But lately, a new breed of “sellers” have emerged. They are usually in their 30s or 40s, young, fit and brutal. They have obtained their own “not so old” trolleys and usually go after the “higher value” items like scrap
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