The pickers as individuals stood out me when we watched a film about pickers in a region of Brazil. I didn't know that there were people who would actually "pick" through the trash in a landfill to obtain recyclable materials. I found it very fascinating that there are people willing to risk their health to collect things that can be recycled from the trash. I also found it kind of disgusting because of all the disgusting things swimming around in the garbage. I like that one of the women had said that picking through the trash to retrieve recyclables and make money from it is better than getting involved in the drug trade or being a prostitute, and that it is very sad such beautiful girls around her age would fall into that kind of life when there are better things they can do. I like the older gentleman who sadly passed away from lung cancer after meeting the artist, Vik, because he was right. One can does mean a difference; the difference between how many of one can gets thrown away and left to pollute the earth, while the other however many ninety-nine cans get recycled. I recycle, but I also know that there is still a lot of material that is thrown away or littered and swept into our sewers eventually ending up where it shouldn't be. I always like searching out recycle trashcans before throwing my recyclable away, but since one recyclable can mean a difference, I'll just hold on to my water bottle, juice can, etc. until I get to place where I can recycle it.
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