We see this a lot around Istanbul, young, very young and old picking up trash this way. I remember the trash pickers of Cairo, the 'Zabaleen' who are Christians and who handle most of the trash of Cairo. They go door to door and for a monthly fee will take your trash away. The munipal trash system is very limited and besides most houses and apartments are illegal and are not on the munipal maps. The trash is take back to 'garbage city' where it is picked through, with the removal of recyclables and the incineration of the rest. This was and is the livlihood of the Christian garbage pickers.
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Correction, a friend who lives in Istanbul wrote, these are gypsies collecting recyclables, not trash. They collect and sell anything of value. She always separate her trash for them.
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