I'm always amazed how people are able to squeeze a little more out of life from recyclables in my town ... sometimes it's just a guy collecting to feed a fix ... sometimes a mother looking to feed her family ...
Hell, I've been that guy at times lol ... one of the best rewards I've ever had in life was organizing a project whereby a group of my kids recycled 20,000 cans in a year - we took the $1,000 to charter a schooner to go sailing on the Long Island Sound ... It was truly a moment