Any info is greatly appreciated.

Jay

Thanks for the link back. When I was there on Sun, tens of scavengers were running all over the large site picking up scrap metal and they were assembling in the back (west side of the lone temple). They would follow the excavators which dislodge mountains of rubble to siphen more scrap. A rather dangerous activity but kind of odd as they look like small ants spread out over a very huge space. Perhaps next time I should document the entire process.

The question is whether China will continue to recycle so intensively as it grows rich. Once upon a time, peddlers would go around the backstreets of London knocking on doors and trading knickknacks for tin cans. But the Western public grew out of it as they grew richer.

On the other hand, Japan is still doing really well at recycling. So that’s one data point for Asian recycling putting the West to shame, even at a high standard of living.