Yes that was my thoughts as well . His humanity makes him a real human . I know a lot of people think we are all human , but I don't think that . It's my point , if you do un-human activities . Why should you be included as a human . If we start at this point , now . We can only all become a better human . See if we say he or her is un-human then we start to become un-human if we act on it . So we must help them to change . There is still one point in this , I don't know . How do we handle a murderer or a rapist . Why keeping to this ideal ? But thank to the makers of the story .
I would love to support people like him with an small amount of Euro / That would help them so much ... Guy is Hero for mother nature and the small kid
@@ggzz6862 yeah that's what I was thinking. She claimed to want to add dignity to the industry and then explains exactly how they'll push each and every one of them out of work forever. I'm just sitting here like ???????????
@@stoggyreturns3512 how do you spell his name? I'll do some research and comment here when I find the journalist who interviewed him. I'm sure we can get an address that way.
Unless your on $5 a day picking trash up from building sites & live in a run down shed with no electric or running water with the threat of the government knocking on your door tomorrow to evict you & your family then your life is easy compared to Mr Wong. Mr Wong doesn't have the time or the phone to surf TH-cam trying to be smart.
*We can ban single-use plastic items.* 100% bio-degradable corn starch bags, compressed fiber plates, and the paper cups do exist. We can ban single-use plastic without any loss of comfort. It can be done and it's affordable too.
@@SpinSatx paper cups have to be lined with plastic in order to prevent the liquid from leaking through the paper. Also biodegradable plastic alternatives are too expensive and not practical in their material use
Scientists discovered bacterium in a Japanese waste site that evolved to eat plastic in 2016. A few months ago they modified the enzyme from the bacterium and created a better version (PETase) that can break down PET plastic in a few hours. Scientists are now working to further modify PETase to remain stable at 70 degrees Celsius (158 F), the temp which PET becomes soft and degrades 10 to 100 times faster, to make it even more efficient. They hope that within the next decade that they will have successfully modified the enzyme so that the recycling industry can start catching up with the waste.
The problem then again becomes when such bacteria starts to spread and eat things it wasn't meant to, such as your cars, tires, building insulation, everything... And then we'll need to develop plastic 2.0 and the problem continues.
I read about this, the problem is that it's so strong you could weaponize it and target oil wells and the bacterium could eat up oil supplies. The scientists himself actually mentions this directly, how maybe the world should secure enough renewable energy first in case someone goes crazy and starts targeting oil wells.
He’s lucky he has someone like that in his life. Even though it’d be easier for his uncle not to care because he’s so poor. A really genuinely good guy.
Aslic The fact that the sentence sounds worrying is a sad reflection of the brain damage inflicted by the "well-meaning" anti-pedo propaganda/witchhunt on society. For every actual pedophile out there there's probably hundreds of normal males fearing to come in any sort of friendly relations with kids out of fear of being accused of being one. Probably also fathers afraid to show love to their children as well.
John Brunner these Fuckers need to stop having kids! Their so poor it makes no sense, and then their going to just sell them away? What the fuck? Educate your citizens and sterilize the idiots if your not going to create human rights for them.
Boys are the bread makers, thats his chance ,he is getting old and no kids thats big trouble remember they do not have pension in specialy from the country side.
It wasn't literal. For us, it could sound the same as saying something like: If you don't behave in a good way, Santa is not bringing you gifts. His father said: I'm gonna sell you 'if you're naughty'. Just the rest of the sentence wasn't translated.
My father was sold to someone who would eventually give him chances to receive education which is good enough for him to generate sufficient money and immigrant our family to Canada for my education here, without that deal his mom would not be able to raise my dad and he would die and thus I won't be here replying your comment.
Yeah, I feel so bad for that poor kid. He doesn't deserve the life he was given. But at least his uncle does what he can for him, and he really seemed to enjoy education. He had such a beautiful smile on his face when he was writing with his aunt. Hopefully his education can free him from the cycle of poverty. The chances are slim, but there's still hope.
Feel sorry for that poor kid no friends cause his family is poor his family are awesome thay have good hearts more thay I can say for some people be cool to find out how I could send some money to help them his uncle is a good man that works hard for not much at all god bless them please
Mark Stevenson Absolutely correct, the uncle is a saint for taking in his nephew and giving him a chance for a more normal life, and the young chap is obviously so happy and appreciative and it's good to see him helping his uncle too. It is very sad that, whilst the Govt wants to reduce the level of waste they are taking away the very means for the rubbish pickers to do their work. Catch 22! I have travelled all over China and the bigger cities are quite clean as result of these rubbish pickers who constantly pick up plastic, paper, cardboard, tin cans, bottles, etc. The pickers do a great job!
i mean i like that they put these machines there to shorten the ways the plastic waste has to take.. but limiting the number of bottles you can put in, to keep the collectors out makes absolutely no sense to me..
ancient child yeah the limit doesn’t make any sense either. I’m just glad those companies are at least trying to recycle the right way and going out of their way to teach a new generation how to be smart about it.
In Vancouver, BC, Canada the "bottle pickers" will break your car window for an empty plastic bottle. Drugs are great (for big Pharma) gotta love our government for supporting them. We even have safe injection sites so they don't use dirty needles, get sick and cost tax payers even more due to our free health care.
It's not big business it's the government in this situation. Even if they were influenced by a business, they are still the ones to restrict. They aren't even letting the business in the video thrive to its fullest potential because they only limit 30 bottles to get money from.
Well of course, every country pollutes to some degree, but when it comes to pollution and toxicity, CHINA takes the cake. Simply walking in smog ridden villages is equivalent to smoking a pack of cigarettes. China is a high industrial machine with little regard for the environment, clearly. Time is money friend. China has dozens of super projects where they plan to construct massive rivers to flow fresh water into the mainland because of the toxic waste destroying their natural waters.
Its pathetic isn't it? there exist safe, clean and practical solutions and procedures to prevent this level of pollution but none of which are employed. China, India and a dozen or so countries in Africa produce the most pollution. Of course there are many external and internal reasons why these countries are the way that they are. Its sad and it effects the lives of many people residing in these toxic wastelands. Its been over a century since we experienced the Industrial Revolution, you'd think the ladder would look at history so not to repeat the problems the West encountered. Its just lack of foresight honestly.
Funny how China tries to penalize rubbish pickers. In the Baltics, the same Tomra machines are often used by pickers/bums to bring huge bags of bottles, no-one is limiting how much they can bring - as it should be.
yeah like wtf.... they bring in machines to solve the problem, only to severely limit the daily intake per machine, completely defeating their purpose.
That makes no sense. If you can easily turn a profit by buying the trash back then the recycling companies would do it themselves. Nothing wrong with developing an economy around recycling, in fact that should be the goal.
Well, we can already look at the examples in other countries. Why doesn't Europe have these problems? Because if the deposit for the bottle is big enough, people will never throw it - especially Chinese who are frugal. So what would these big companies actually gather. Remember, these recycling programs are typically privately run, no private company will allow another party to take advantage of them financially. Remember, this is a BUSINESS. There's a lot of profit to be made. How? All the bottles that are destroyed (beer bottle breaks, your deposit is lost forever) and never make it to the machines are pure profit for the recycling companies. In Europe many got very wealthy because of this.
I pick up plastic waste from the sea all the time. Some of it looks like it might have made a journey from China, it's so scagged up. Everyone should pick up litter, one piece per trip to the woods, swamp, mountain, lake, etc.
Why would they want to cut the collectors off from using the machines? They should not limit them to 30 bottles a day. Let them make more of the money and cut out the middleman. The only reason the women gave was “we don’t know where their going”. Well if you let them use the machine you would know wouldn’t you. Hell those guys are 90% effective. Or get the guys bailing equipment and run trucks on a route to pick up crushed and bailed plastic and glass. Or they could make small shredding machines to save even more space and pay them by the pound.
satt1313; I was thinking the same thing. There is more here than meats the eye. Also, why not help the recycling factories with their wast water cleanup instead of just putting them out of business and incinerating the wast? This whole thing smacks of Big Government incompetence.
Do you know one reason why? It's to save FACE (as we call it in china) and to maintain the "image" and "dignity" of their country to foreigners and the top 0.1% holders of all the wealth. They see them no more than vermin and could not give a damn about recycling nor the environment.
The rubbish collectors are poor and dirty. They do not want them at their pretty recycling center. The grocery by my house attracts homeless in the early hours, who return collected cans to buy food. I don't be-grudge them, but if they continue to ask people for money in the parking lot, the grocery store may decide to get rid of their recycling program, just to get rid of the homeless. Many in my neighborhood avoid this close-by grocery, because they don't like being solicited for charity
I love that little boy, he reminds me of my youngest son who was always skipping instead of walking where ever he went. My son is now 17. The other day he was being goofy but he started skipping... and my heart melted. I hope the world never crushes that sweet spirit in either of them.
In Denmark we have "pant" on bottles and cans (for soda, beer and water), when you buy a bottle you also pay a "tax" (pant), which you get back when you return the bottle/can to a machine like the one shown at 14:20. The pant is between 16 and 47 cents per bottle/can depending on the size. -- Some one use plastics also have a tax to limit the amount used.
Same here for certain states in the USA. Not a perfect system but that "deposit," seems to work in those that have it. Our tax/'deposit' varies from $0.05--$0.10. I feel like if they raised it to a comparably significant amount as you quoted the Danes having, say ~ $0.50, there's a great chance it would also increase the recycling rate. Wouldn't it be interesting if they'd figure out a way to put it on cigarette butts as well?! Aware of the challenges there but a hopeful experiment. xD
We have that in Germany as well. Most are too rich to bother with their empty bottles, but we have lots of bottle collectors which can collect that "Pfand". They are usually very thorough, so the litter in parks and on sidewalks contains very few bottles. Our system is way too complicated though, as was to be expected from an obsessive bureaucracy like this. Shops only take back the brands they sell, some bottles are exempt from Pfand, and the amount of 8 ct per beer bottle means a ridiculously many bottles for one meal. But it's a good start. Cigaret butts Pfand would be brilliant! So would a hefty sum on take away coffee-cups!
Those bikes r owned by bike sharing companies, the government took them away from the street cus these bikes r causing congestion in cities now. If the companies wants to take these bike back they have to pay a huge fine to the government...
So nice when the nephew has a skip and jump in his happy walk. Inspiring. Too bad his school mates don't treat him well. Hopefully a happy child. Best part of this film,
they aint. bikes that are still usable are in the city, those dumped have problems and the company would not be able to fix it due to the high cost. Rather, they simply disposed them to keep the company running. It is a failed attempt of the shared economy.
Some of you may be curious about all those bikes. You can ride any of the millions of bikes that are scattered on every street for a whole month for less than 3 dollars. It's insane. So who the hell would buy bikes. Anyways, I hope people can understand this: It is not that Chinese people or companies or even culture is "evil." China used to be a poor country. Right now the people in the cities (esp the younger people) want to match their living standards to that of more affluent countries in the West (mainly the US). The companies are simply meeting that enormous demand. None of this is actually "evil." The problem is that the environment simply cannot sustain that many people living the way Americans do. The population density also allows unique business models that can't be done elsewhere. The on-demand food delivery fee costs less than 2 dollars. Since restaurants are directly competing with each other on an app, they usually offer 20-30% discounts.
Is this how plastic rice are popping up everywhere in southeast asia? Hopefully these plastic rice won't make it to the US or maybe it's already did. 😪😪
Need an update on that boy - is anyone helping to send him to university? I hate seeing a piece of someone's life and then leaving them there to languish in such an uncertain situation.
No one will ever find out how he's getting on. Documentary finished move on to next one... a mate of mine used to sponsor a girl in Africa to go to school he paid for years then one day he got a letter saying the moneys going to a different girl because the one he was paying for was a bit stupid. He went mad and cancelled his payments
@9:05 the little boy talking about his father wanting to sell him WTF. I couldn't imagine the pain that little boy must have felt hearing your parent wanted to sell you. I have nothing but respect for the ppl and the culture and don't pretend kids haven't heard those words in the US, it's just sad to hear a child saying those words. You want to tell him he is wanted and loved, I'm happy his uncle stepped in, he may not have much money but he has room for him to be with his family and ppl who love him.
Awee, that little boy is so adorable. I really hope he manages to get a good job. He seemed to enjoy his education at least - maybe he'll get lucky and make it. I feel so bad for the people who have to live like that, it's so unfair..
You can see the pain and sadness in the kids eyes. It's so heartwarming how his uncle works so hard for him. Other ungrateful teenagers would unleash their unhappiness at school on their guardians who would do anything for them. It's so sad. God bless them and I hope the kid can turn his fortune around and make those who once looked down on him and his uncle to respect them.
its a diabolical and evil industry...other technologies have been invented in the past by caring intelligent people that would replace and or lower oil consumption considerably only to find out those people died unexpected and confusing deaths...hmm
yes it will cost China and the other country money but think about it which cost more the money you make off tax or wasted land. China can pay for it if they just give it away and build houses or commercial property's.
it would devastate businesses that make aluminum and rubber, also it would cost to ship it to them and since poor countries are usually corrupt it is very unlikely those bikes would end up in the hands of those that need it more
Thats the problem with "they." Everyone wants "them" and "they" to do it, and people have a lot of ideas of what "they" should do. You are they. We are all they. So why dont YOU sell those bikes to other countries?
acemaster916 he’s saying people are saying people should sell those bikes but there are no people to sell them. The only people that can do something are people that choose to.
Why should i ? plus i don't hate Chinese people or the country but when i said China i means it's economic behavior toward the nature , "pss i hate my country more than any others in the planet for many reasons " so calm down ... : )
Ninja1inblack I'll start backwards first we all should care we live on one planet second there are tons of organisations arround the world who distribute donations in the form of goods wich they ship on their expense
Shipping and international import custom red tapes & taxes cost $$$$$$$$. You can try and find out the ugly cost yourself. Get some real education fools.
This is a very well produced program; thank you for making it available. Very important to know how polluted the world is becoming and how unsustainable so many lifestyles are.
I think their was a U.S president, maybe JFK, that was promoting biodegradable stuff in speeches and whatnot. In the end, oil and chemical corporations came out in first place with all the money they made
Why do so many reporters try to put people in compromising positions? “Hey, do you do illegal activities here?” They ask these people to incriminate themselves on camera. Drives me nuts.
Rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. Why lock out waste pickers if the form part of the solution. Only the elite to benefit. Great piece Journeyman. Thank you for always showing both sides of the fence
Nini mxi does America have family garbage pickers? No. You see big corporations with thousands of garbage trucks effectively coming directly to people’s homes, picking up the waste, and professionally disposing and recycling it all the right way. That is pretty much the only solution.
All honesty, I don't think any government of any county cares about the world not the the people of his country.... they should have called something else not the human. those people that works hard and still suffers called humans not the government people.
I know exactly how that poor kid and his uncle must feel.I Used to be and still am a scrap dealer and collector and do rubbish removal as well. I had to think of something to survive and stumbled on the scrap metal so to speak. Now I live in Scotland and do the same thing. Hard work but doesn't pay bad...I think that uncle should also try to move into metals and maybe invest into some sort of truck..
I've you're the organizing type, please do! I'll give some of my welfare money. But I think the uncle would vastly prefer to be able to earn enough. It's hard on one's pride, living on hand-outs.
you are in the early stage of what will one day be our most common anxiety,..soon it'll have a name-you should name plastic induced anxiety after yourself,you've earned it-get well soon,
Great documentary. I like the way this huge issue is reported through the overlapping stories of those directly involved/affected by it. Much more material like this is needed. Films like this show that our world is complex and there are never any simple/easy solutions. I make commercial videos for a living here in the UK, but I'd be proud to be working on really worthwhile and well put together content such as this.
Will contact the production Company and see if we can find out how to contact them and donate!.. Or if anybody has done that then please let me know!..
Why aren't They recycling for God's sake? All the takeaways in UK are packaged in recycled biodegradable paper & cardboard & can be recycled. It enrages Me that there are still People like My neighbours putting out 40 black bags every 2 Weeks whereas if They recycled They'd have it picked up every Week. Well, every household will be restricted to putting out 1 bin bag per fortnight soon & be fined if They don't recycle. The Government needs to enforce recycling & start with all those dumped bikes! Send recycling collectors out every Week & send a rubbish collector only once a fortnight. Restrict how many rubbish bags are allowed to be thrown out & make People recycle! Create Jobs in rubbish sorting & recycling waste management & employ the plastic collectors so They can afford to provide decent living standards for their Families!
+Carpe Diem I live in the UK & We've been partially limited for over a decade now. Trash is collected only once every 2 weeks. Whereas recycling is collected every Week including food recycling (in the bags made out of rice) & garden waste recycling which includes animal droppings/dog mess is collected Weekly. Almost everyone recycles here now out of choice so We all have next to no trash to throw out if any. But Thanks to the lazy minority of arseholes like My neighbours who eat like pigs & still don't recycle The authorities are setting a long awaited cap on how much trash People can throw out & making it mandatory by Law for these slobs to recycle. It won't affect the majority of Us though as We already recycle. I have just under half a bag of rubbish to put out every fortnight & all it contains is wet wipes & similar items that can't be recycled or flushed. Just about everyone recycles food & animal waste so it can be collected Weekly. Fly tipping carries a hefty fine & often jail so there's very little of it here especially since there are Government facilities where You can take waste but You have to put specific types of waste in the correct designated skips & are supervised. It nearly all gets recycled from there. Things like fridges or ovens, bikes, furniture, clothes. Everything is sorted & recycled from there so You can take it there directly or from outside Your House each Week or the Banks in supermarket car parks. There's CCTV literally everywhere too in the towns so it's a bit hard to get away with fly tipping.
Everything you sorted for recycling was actually sent to china. None of it was done locally. The UK is now on the cusp of disaster since China banned the import of foreign waste for recycling.
+killj I just checked to see if You were right & apparently Yeah, in England, They send a lot of their plastic to China to be recycled & it actually ends up in landfill over there instead! I'm so upset about this! I live in Wales & We have Our own recycling plants. A second plant just opened which is actually in My town & a lot of People protested about it being built near Houses because it's a plastic recycling plant & people thought it would cause fumes. I don't know why. I wonder if that's why Our Council has announced They're reintroducing the old method of recycling where We have to sort Our recycling into separate types? I know where Our food & garden waste goes & it all gets recycled efficiently but You've made Me wonder now. Thanks for letting Me know! I'm gonna start a Petition! This isn't right! They're lying to Us & wrecking Our Planet!
What a lovely family working so hard to make an honest living against the odds. Jindong is an amazing uncle and his nephew as well as he has to deal with uncertainty, poor living conditions, and on top of that, bullying and rejection from his classmates. I hope he continues to stay sweet and work hard and that his future is great!
It’s all about money no one in a developing country will have enough money to do a thing like this. Sadly the company with the bikes won’t give them for free since it’s their money and won’t be worth it if they get a low offer.
It's hard to take plastic away in our lives. It's here to stay sadly. I think using recyclable plastic would be more smart because they can be used again than being wasted away somewhere and cause pollution.
You don't know much about China only way back in the Hills do they have trouble getting fresh food far as Meats but also too that's why China's working so hard to build the Silk Road Again but of course you live in the cities got a deal with a social app that's where if you jaywalk across the street they take points off your social score lose too many points can't ride a bus can't ride a train can't even get on a plane then
He asked me to expand we have apps on her phone like Facebook in China the government's got a app on your phone that you can't delete can't turn off and also to facial recognition and cameras all over the place now at this time you're being spied on pretty much to the max but they had another twist into it if you don't cross the street where you're supposed to that's called jaywalking well in China you jaywalk they take points off and is taking off of points restricts a whole lot bus rides taxi cabs even airplanes if you don't have enough social point and you can't buy them you don't get to travel last time I looked they said something like 1.3 million as of right now that cannot use public transportation
@@josephfbuck that is not ture, the government doest Care about if you jaywalks, the credit points is based on you debt record if you have too much debt and refuse to pay them, it will stop you to purchase airticket and class 1 seats on the train.
I'm sorry this is a messed up situation and I hope they are able to deal with it but my TH-cam was set to English caption auto-generate English and whenever they spoke Mandarin they said the craziest things like your daughter knows karate, the n word, you need to water down the street, so I laughed through the whole thing.
What that man does for his nefew is nothing short of brilliant!! I can't believe that kids dad wanted to sell him an all the whole on his deathbed??? That uncle is a shinning example of how family will look after its own in times of crisis, truly a beautiful story
Starting at 27:51 it's easy to see they bricked in his whole drive way and entrance into his home. You can also see that the back of his home is against the outside portion of the wall, (the driveway or alleyway). He could just bust out the concrete on the back wall of his home and put a nice door so they can enter and exit as they please. He could even make the door wide enough for him to get his motorcycle / atv out through it so he can continue collecting recyclables and continue to provide for his family. God bless that man for raising and taking care of his nephew, just as good as he would if he were his own child.
This guy is one true pitiful poor person..this type of guy should be given all the attention...he knows he can barely feed himself so he has no children except his nephew out of circumstances...yet he is working hard...unlike so many poor people in the world who can barely make 2ends meet to themselves ,yet they get married,produce babies in record times and whenever someone tries and ask their situation,they'll bring up all their 10+children,sick wife,sick old parents etc etc etc and blame those rich people and their govt.. I really really really feel pity and helpless for their children...just because of their poor parents desires,they are born and they have to struggle everyday (including 1 month old babies).. These poor stupid people should be locked away and force them to stop making anymore babies but let the rich/middle class people adopt their children and give a better life cuz these kids deserves 100% comfort in their childhood...
Kikru Belho free college and equal opportunity are much better solutions then to just take away procreation from people who don't make a lot of money. That's straight authoritarian.
My buddy and I were talking about plastic products last night. I mentioned California banning plastic straws with the intent to start a conversation about straws being a minor problem in the world since straws are a minor problem. All he said is that it was a good idea, which it is, and that all plastic products should be banned. I thought about it and after a bit of discussion we both came to the conclusion that most plastic products need to be banned, not all since some products need to be plastic to exist. All others should be illegal.
My invention will do away with 95% of plastic straw usage, its brilliantly simple and I can't understand why someone else hasn't already thought of it. My small problem is I am living in an asian country with no income and no means of producing a prototype for licensing or patent to get started.
All plastic products. Even "most" plastic products...Think about that. You need to find viable alternatives first. Packaging is one thing (and millions of people would have to reskill and find new jobs) but ALL plastic products? Whatever you replace those plastic products with needs to be better for the Earth. Paper? How many trees can you grow sustainably to support a paper-based economy/infrastructure? How do you deal with the manufacturing pollution from paper production? I'd LOVE to see an end to the oil industry and have it replaced with something miraculous. We need to do something and fast. Until "something" is developed to replace plastic, there ARE recycling solutions out there as well as enzyme based disposal/breakdown waste solutions. Nothing is ever so simplistic or black and white as "hey, we should ban all plastics!" I'll bet you are using a device made mainly of plastic right now. Let's see you make a paper computer!
It's not a binary choice, you can try to consume less, carry your own bag, don't eat take-out so much, one napkin when at a restaurant, moderation not abuse.
That man who is suffering in order to give his nephew an education is a HERO in my eyes!
A true altruist.
He has such a generous heart. His nephew is raised on pure honest love and respect, I hope they are all doing well.
Yes that was my thoughts as well . His humanity makes him a real human . I know a lot of people think we are all human , but I don't think that . It's my point , if you do un-human activities . Why should you be included as a human . If we start at this point , now . We can only all become a better human . See if we say he or her is un-human then we start to become un-human if we act on it . So we must help them to change . There is still one point in this , I don't know . How do we handle a murderer or a rapist . Why keeping to this ideal ? But thank to the makers of the story .
I would love to support people like him with an small amount of Euro / That would help them so much ... Guy is Hero for mother nature and the small kid
mad respect to the guy. people like him are the real mvp on this planet
That uncle is an amazing guy, an angel.
something money can never buy.
He brought a tear to my eyes.
Bless him.
Let's start a GoFundMe
What if I tell you the film didn’t translate the last sentence of the kid which was “my dad said he’s gonna sell me Because I Was Being Naughty.”
Money scheme: Take the bikes, repaint them, ship them to the USA and sell them at Walmart.
@nic sharp so true
And where do you think they manufacture these bikes?
I was thinking the same; to ship them to europe
@Watzetzface how is that, can you explain?
They cant because they have been contaminated with VD and tuberculosis.
Put all those bike in the hood for a day and they'll be gone.
@nick b fr
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"Daily limit of 20-30 bottles per user"
That's absoloutely disgusting
designed to put the poor out of bottle collecting.....she has no dignity although she claims that is what she brings to the business.
China man.. Damn
@@ggzz6862 yeah that's what I was thinking. She claimed to want to add dignity to the industry and then explains exactly how they'll push each and every one of them out of work forever. I'm just sitting here like ???????????
That uncle is literally SUPERMAN! ❤️👊🏻👌🏻
@Ghost Apophis Same!! @Journeymen Pictures find us Wong!!
@@stoggyreturns3512 how do you spell his name? I'll do some research and comment here when I find the journalist who interviewed him. I'm sure we can get an address that way.
You have no idea how incredibly easy your life is until you watch a documentary like this.
You are soooo right.
Very true
Unless your on $5 a day picking trash up from building sites & live in a run down shed with no electric or running water with the threat of the government knocking on your door tomorrow to evict you & your family then your life is easy compared to Mr Wong. Mr Wong doesn't have the time or the phone to surf TH-cam trying to be smart.
Now look at what they call lol an esport.
True!
Wow... They should have just gave the bicycles away in rural areas. Or sold it in other countries in cheaper price than wasting it.
You cant use a completely functional bike?
Then export them to 3rd world countries where people need them. China is a wealthy country, how about try and help others for a change?
Your comments make sense. Can you give any reference? News?
ۛ Chinas has more money than USA
The cost will be uneconomical and you know chinese build quality..it is just like sending garbage overseas not sending bikes.
*We can ban single-use plastic items.*
100% bio-degradable corn starch bags, compressed fiber plates, and the paper cups do exist. We can ban single-use plastic without any loss of comfort.
It can be done and it's affordable too.
Shut up
Make more noise for cleaner future!
@@SpinSatx paper cups have to be lined with plastic in order to prevent the liquid from leaking through the paper. Also biodegradable plastic alternatives are too expensive and not practical in their material use
@@SpinSatx lol wut
Isn't it better to develop infrastructure and technologies for recycling and reuse?
Scientists discovered bacterium in a Japanese waste site that evolved to eat plastic in 2016. A few months ago they modified the enzyme from the bacterium and created a better version (PETase) that can break down PET plastic in a few hours. Scientists are now working to further modify PETase to remain stable at 70 degrees Celsius (158 F), the temp which PET becomes soft and degrades 10 to 100 times faster, to make it even more efficient. They hope that within the next decade that they will have successfully modified the enzyme so that the recycling industry can start catching up with the waste.
John Aiken this is awesome news, had to google that!
John Aiken They should release some bacteria into the wild.
John Aiken; plastic is a great fuel! Plastic digestion wastes this valuable waste resource! Incineration is better.
The problem then again becomes when such bacteria starts to spread and eat things it wasn't meant to, such as your cars, tires, building insulation, everything... And then we'll need to develop plastic 2.0 and the problem continues.
I read about this, the problem is that it's so strong you could weaponize it and target oil wells and the bacterium could eat up oil supplies.
The scientists himself actually mentions this directly, how maybe the world should secure enough renewable energy first in case someone goes crazy and starts targeting oil wells.
The uncle loves this boy 😊
Yeah Well Thats Sounds a Little Bit Worrying The Way You Say It.
@Rafa quiroz but why did you deleted your comment then?
from the back
He’s lucky he has someone like that in his life. Even though it’d be easier for his uncle not to care because he’s so poor. A really genuinely good guy.
Aslic The fact that the sentence sounds worrying is a sad reflection of the brain damage inflicted by the "well-meaning" anti-pedo propaganda/witchhunt on society. For every actual pedophile out there there's probably hundreds of normal males fearing to come in any sort of friendly relations with kids out of fear of being accused of being one. Probably also fathers afraid to show love to their children as well.
Poor kid. Imagine knowing your dad was going to sell you?
John Brunner these Fuckers need to stop having kids! Their so poor it makes no sense, and then their going to just sell them away? What the fuck? Educate your citizens and sterilize the idiots if your not going to create human rights for them.
Boys are the bread makers, thats his chance ,he is getting old and no kids thats big trouble remember they do not have pension in specialy from the country side.
It wasn't literal. For us, it could sound the same as saying something like: If you don't behave in a good way, Santa is not bringing you gifts. His father said: I'm gonna sell you 'if you're naughty'. Just the rest of the sentence wasn't translated.
My father was sold to someone who would eventually give him chances to receive education which is good enough for him to generate sufficient money and immigrant our family to Canada for my education here, without that deal his mom would not be able to raise my dad and he would die and thus I won't be here replying your comment.
Imagine knowing this is a common thing in your country
If I can be one thing in this life’s it’s to be as good a father to my son as that man is to his nephew.
The back bone of every good society are good father's, those who sacrifice every thing they wished they could do for the betterment of their child
Yeah, I feel so bad for that poor kid. He doesn't deserve the life he was given. But at least his uncle does what he can for him, and he really seemed to enjoy education. He had such a beautiful smile on his face when he was writing with his aunt. Hopefully his education can free him from the cycle of poverty. The chances are slim, but there's still hope.
but you could help. commit to 20 dollars a month. God and Jesus , would call you 'RIGHTEOUS'. Do unto ours, as you would yourself.
IF YOU'RE IN AMERICA HE WILL GROW UP TO BE AN UNGRATEFUL DEGENERATE
Totally brother, that young boy is richer than any man on EARTH. He has been given a gift that no amount of money can buy.
27:30 "My hope is that for his whole life, he has food to eat-- FACTS"
that uncle is fkin awesome. he should get some donations or something
I would like a free bike.
@@acobb7961 Are they mostly the same brand bikes with the same colours?
You will have to pay for the shipment of the bikes.
just visit the netherlands.
Shipping from china seems pretty cheap. If just someone was sellinh them for cheap
You could probably just take out the good parts of a few of those bikes, combine them and get one that is as good as new...
Feel sorry for that poor kid no friends cause his family is poor his family are awesome thay have good hearts more thay I can say for some people be cool to find out how I could send some money to help them his uncle is a good man that works hard for not much at all god bless them please
Mark Stevenson Absolutely correct, the uncle is a saint for taking in his nephew and giving him a chance for a more normal life, and the young chap is obviously so happy and appreciative and it's good to see him helping his uncle too.
It is very sad that, whilst the Govt wants to reduce the level of waste they are taking away the very means for the rubbish pickers to do their work. Catch 22!
I have travelled all over China and the bigger cities are quite clean as result of these rubbish pickers who constantly pick up plastic, paper, cardboard, tin cans, bottles, etc. The pickers do a great job!
We should help that kid and his family
Yes, I would like to know how to donate to him specifically. Hope the producers are reading these comments :-/
Mark Stevenson I agree. Heart breaking. Being a single dad of three I don't have much extra but I'd gladly give what I could.
*Top 10 Anime Tragic Backstories* ...
Whenever an individual finds a way to support their family, big business always finds a way to try and take it away, even if it's collecting garbage.
i mean i like that they put these machines there to shorten the ways the plastic waste has to take.. but limiting the number of bottles you can put in, to keep the collectors out makes absolutely no sense to me..
Power to the Sheeple not only they but the government also
ancient child yeah the limit doesn’t make any sense either. I’m just glad those companies are at least trying to recycle the right way and going out of their way to teach a new generation how to be smart about it.
In Vancouver, BC, Canada the "bottle pickers" will break your car window for an empty plastic bottle. Drugs are great (for big Pharma) gotta love our government for supporting them. We even have safe injection sites so they don't use dirty needles, get sick and cost tax payers even more due to our free health care.
It's not big business it's the government in this situation. Even if they were influenced by a business, they are still the ones to restrict. They aren't even letting the business in the video thrive to its fullest potential because they only limit 30 bottles to get money from.
That is a badass uncle.
What a great uncle. I would definitely donate if something was set up for them.
This is happening everywhere not just China
The entire continent of Asia pollutes at a rate considerably higher than others. They don't give two fucks about the earth.
Well of course, every country pollutes to some degree, but when it comes to pollution and toxicity, CHINA takes the cake. Simply walking in smog ridden villages is equivalent to smoking a pack of cigarettes. China is a high industrial machine with little regard for the environment, clearly. Time is money friend. China has dozens of super projects where they plan to construct massive rivers to flow fresh water into the mainland because of the toxic waste destroying their natural waters.
Its pathetic isn't it? there exist safe, clean and practical solutions and procedures to prevent this level of pollution but none of which are employed. China, India and a dozen or so countries in Africa produce the most pollution. Of course there are many external and internal reasons why these countries are the way that they are. Its sad and it effects the lives of many people residing in these toxic wastelands. Its been over a century since we experienced the Industrial Revolution, you'd think the ladder would look at history so not to repeat the problems the West encountered. Its just lack of foresight honestly.
X X grow up.
Not a fair argument considering that they hold 60% of the worlds population. And the mindset of consumerism and waste started with Europeans
Did you slip that man and his nephew a little money before you left? I would have at least slid $100 his way.
i truly hope so. i thought the same thing.
What a heartbreaking story
Anikraze One in a ten million in China and probably 100 million in Asia/the world
they got payed for the documentary i guess
He probably wouldn't have excepted it.
Funny how China tries to penalize rubbish pickers. In the Baltics, the same Tomra machines are often used by pickers/bums to bring huge bags of bottles, no-one is limiting how much they can bring - as it should be.
yeah like wtf.... they bring in machines to solve the problem, only to severely limit the daily intake per machine, completely defeating their purpose.
He's not penalised for his profession, but he's getting kicked out because he isn't officially a beijing resident.
Wason the streets in the neatherlands for a few days. How I feed my self .was a godsend.....
That makes no sense. If you can easily turn a profit by buying the trash back then the recycling companies would do it themselves.
Nothing wrong with developing an economy around recycling, in fact that should be the goal.
Well, we can already look at the examples in other countries. Why doesn't Europe have these problems? Because if the deposit for the bottle is big enough, people will never throw it - especially Chinese who are frugal. So what would these big companies actually gather. Remember, these recycling programs are typically privately run, no private company will allow another party to take advantage of them financially.
Remember, this is a BUSINESS. There's a lot of profit to be made. How? All the bottles that are destroyed (beer bottle breaks, your deposit is lost forever) and never make it to the machines are pure profit for the recycling companies. In Europe many got very wealthy because of this.
I pick up plastic waste from the sea all the time. Some of it looks like it might have made a journey from China, it's so scagged up. Everyone should pick up litter, one piece per trip to the woods, swamp, mountain, lake, etc.
i do the same thing, especially at the beach, as ANIMALS ', will eat it.
Greener expeditions - How about a bagful each?
Indeed! Bring a contractor's bag or two for every venture!
Offer up the bikes to global consumers is they pay for shipping.
God bless his uncle
Uncle has a slave.
Why would they want to cut the collectors off from using the machines? They should not limit them to 30 bottles a day. Let them make more of the money and cut out the middleman. The only reason the women gave was “we don’t know where their going”. Well if you let them use the machine you would know wouldn’t you. Hell those guys are 90% effective. Or get the guys bailing equipment and run trucks on a route to pick up crushed and bailed plastic and glass. Or they could make small shredding machines to save even more space and pay them by the pound.
everything has a value... but human life...
satt1313; I was thinking the same thing. There is more here than meats the eye. Also, why not help the recycling factories with their wast water cleanup instead of just putting them out of business and incinerating the wast? This whole thing smacks of Big Government incompetence.
Do you know one reason why? It's to save FACE (as we call it in china) and to maintain the "image" and "dignity" of their country to foreigners and the top 0.1% holders of all the wealth. They see them no more than vermin and could not give a damn about recycling nor the environment.
Just wait till one of those kids gets their hand stuck in the machine
The rubbish collectors are poor and dirty. They do not want them at their pretty recycling center. The grocery by my house attracts homeless in the early hours, who return collected cans to buy food. I don't be-grudge them, but if they continue to ask people for money in the parking lot, the grocery store may decide to get rid of their recycling program, just to get rid of the homeless. Many in my neighborhood avoid this close-by grocery, because they don't like being solicited for charity
this picture of china is never shown by main stream media.
NIHARKANTA PARIDA
What? This is common knowledge.
This is why we need the ABC in Australia
They only show the karate side
same problem here in the west. never distract people from paying taxes
Just like they don't show the slums in the USA. Anyone been to Camden NJ lately? Don't even mention Detroit and St. Louis.
I love that little boy, he reminds me of my youngest son who was always skipping instead of walking where ever he went. My son is now 17. The other day he was being goofy but he started skipping... and my heart melted. I hope the world never crushes that sweet spirit in either of them.
In Denmark we have "pant" on bottles and cans (for soda, beer and water), when you buy a bottle you also pay a "tax" (pant), which you get back when you return the bottle/can to a machine like the one shown at 14:20. The pant is between 16 and 47 cents per bottle/can depending on the size. -- Some one use plastics also have a tax to limit the amount used.
Same here for certain states in the USA. Not a perfect system but that "deposit," seems to work in those that have it. Our tax/'deposit' varies from $0.05--$0.10. I feel like if they raised it to a comparably significant amount as you quoted the Danes having, say ~ $0.50, there's a great chance it would also increase the recycling rate. Wouldn't it be interesting if they'd figure out a way to put it on cigarette butts as well?! Aware of the challenges there but a hopeful experiment. xD
We have that in Germany as well. Most are too rich to bother with their empty bottles, but we have lots of bottle collectors which can collect that "Pfand". They are usually very thorough, so the litter in parks and on sidewalks contains very few bottles.
Our system is way too complicated though, as was to be expected from an obsessive bureaucracy like this. Shops only take back the brands they sell, some bottles are exempt from Pfand, and the amount of 8 ct per beer bottle means a ridiculously many bottles for one meal. But it's a good start.
Cigaret butts Pfand would be brilliant! So would a hefty sum on take away coffee-cups!
how can many of those people think about the environment when they can't even feed themselves?
That landfill WAS probably deep as a quarry till it turned into a hills. In a few more years and it's mountains.
Can’t imagine what it is now mate
in my country we will cry for a bicycle like that
What country?
Those bikes r owned by bike sharing companies, the government took them away from the street cus these bikes r causing congestion in cities now. If the companies wants to take these bike back they have to pay a huge fine to the government...
So nice when the nephew has a skip and jump in his happy walk. Inspiring. Too bad his school mates don't treat him well. Hopefully a happy child. Best part of this film,
Omg the bike still in good condition
they aint. bikes that are still usable are in the city, those dumped have problems and the company would not be able to fix it due to the high cost. Rather, they simply disposed them to keep the company running. It is a failed attempt of the shared economy.
It disturbed me how they had all of those bikes just sitting there to rot. Calling them "waste". Many people all over the world would love a new bike.
Some of you may be curious about all those bikes. You can ride any of the millions of bikes that are scattered on every street for a whole month for less than 3 dollars. It's insane. So who the hell would buy bikes.
Anyways, I hope people can understand this:
It is not that Chinese people or companies or even culture is "evil." China used to be a poor country. Right now the people in the cities (esp the younger people) want to match their living standards to that of more affluent countries in the West (mainly the US). The companies are simply meeting that enormous demand.
None of this is actually "evil." The problem is that the environment simply cannot sustain that many people living the way Americans do. The population density also allows unique business models that can't be done elsewhere. The on-demand food delivery fee costs less than 2 dollars. Since restaurants are directly competing with each other on an app, they usually offer 20-30% discounts.
You have only America living like America, thats already burdensome. Now you have the world living like America? Thats just not possible mate.
"most are totally worthless pieces of shit anyways."
Look who's talking.
bike curious
Is this how plastic rice are popping up everywhere in southeast asia? Hopefully these plastic rice won't make it to the US or maybe it's already did. 😪😪
Doom Head it’s a bit more that that mate lol
Need an update on that boy - is anyone helping to send him to university? I hate seeing a piece of someone's life and then leaving them there to languish in such an uncertain situation.
1pixelinthespectrum he passed away unfortunately
@@hkhjg1734 trolling?
Shane Bowman i don’t know him personally obviously but this is what i heard. he had cancer and they didn’t catch it quick enough
No one will ever find out how he's getting on. Documentary finished move on to next one... a mate of mine used to sponsor a girl in Africa to go to school he paid for years then one day he got a letter saying the moneys going to a different girl because the one he was paying for was a bit stupid. He went mad and cancelled his payments
@@roadrunner4490 lol thats hilarious
@9:05 the little boy talking about his father wanting to sell him WTF. I couldn't imagine the pain that little boy must have felt hearing your parent wanted to sell you. I have nothing but respect for the ppl and the culture and don't pretend kids haven't heard those words in the US, it's just sad to hear a child saying those words. You want to tell him he is wanted and loved, I'm happy his uncle stepped in, he may not have much money but he has room for him to be with his family and ppl who love him.
We should bring the old man and his nephew to the US
Not justifying selling people, but the boy also said he wasn’t a good boy, it wasn’t in the translation though
What can one do in poverty? It is better his children go to a different family than starving.
Awee, that little boy is so adorable. I really hope he manages to get a good job. He seemed to enjoy his education at least - maybe he'll get lucky and make it. I feel so bad for the people who have to live like that, it's so unfair..
You can see the pain and sadness in the kids eyes. It's so heartwarming how his uncle works so hard for him. Other ungrateful teenagers would unleash their unhappiness at school on their guardians who would do anything for them. It's so sad. God bless them and I hope the kid can turn his fortune around and make those who once looked down on him and his uncle to respect them.
Hey the petroleum industry's sure making a lot of money though!
its a diabolical and evil industry...other technologies have been invented in the past by caring intelligent people that would replace and or lower oil consumption considerably only to find out those people died unexpected and confusing deaths...hmm
@@charleswebb9922 we humans are the problem, why can't we simply change our habits and stop using/ wasting at first??
The company places a limmit on highly industrious litter pickers is a critical error.
Wow poor countries can use those bikes to travel free. China can fix this easy.
Please note the rubbish picker rides one
yes it will cost China and the other country money but think about it which cost more the money you make off tax or wasted land. China can pay for it if they just give it away and build houses or commercial property's.
But who's gonna manage such a huge shipment.
it would devastate businesses that make aluminum and rubber, also it would cost to ship it to them and since poor countries are usually corrupt it is very unlikely those bikes would end up in the hands of those that need it more
Capitalism doesn’t allow you to give away things for free.
5:23 there is literally a recycling bin right there and he put it in the trash bin 🤦🏼♂️
Why don't they sell those bikes to other countries? They would make millions selling those bikes and cleaning up at the same time.
Thats the problem with "they." Everyone wants "them" and "they" to do it, and people have a lot of ideas of what "they" should do. You are they. We are all they. So why dont YOU sell those bikes to other countries?
Logan Cressler because he’s not they 😊
@@Bunneh1046 Did he get offended because I didn't use the right gender pronoun? I'm confused.
acemaster916 he’s saying people are saying people should sell those bikes but there are no people to sell them. The only people that can do something are people that choose to.
@@pinkyless When I said they, I meant as in their government or country, not they as individuals. Should be obvious if he had any common sense.
Honestly China scares me
Liar
Make America Great Again! MAGAGAGAGAGA!!!
You had a 1 in 7 chance if being born there.
Why should i ? plus i don't hate Chinese people or the country but when i said China i means it's economic behavior toward the nature , "pss i hate my country more than any others in the planet for many reasons " so calm down ... : )
And 0.001% not being born at all , So what's your point ?
they should distribute those bike to poor villages around the world
no need around the world, they have enough poor people in many villages.
somehow i have the feeling that all the unused bikes from this bike rent trend are more than that
Who will pay to ship those bikes away to the poor? You? It’s only the responsibility of those who care about it.
Ninja1inblack I'll start backwards first we all should care we live on one planet second there are tons of organisations arround the world who distribute donations in the form of goods wich they ship on their expense
Shipping and international import custom red tapes & taxes cost $$$$$$$$. You can try and find out the ugly cost yourself. Get some real education fools.
I hope you threw this guy a couple hundred $$??!!
of course not
This is a very well produced program; thank you for making it available. Very important to know how polluted the world is becoming and how unsustainable so many lifestyles are.
I'm sure that lil kid could use a bike and his uncle a better bike.
Uncle deserves a GoFundMe
www.gofundme.com/help-mengnan-finish-school
Nice! Thank you!
I have just watched this and wanted to help, but I was to late the page is now closed, but a big Thank you to all who donated.
Would love to get an update video on them
No No NO. No fund me. Fund the people in your OWN back yard.
It's a good that China recognize the problem and are making an effort to reduce their waste.
Hemp plastics are biodegradable.
I think their was a U.S president, maybe JFK, that was promoting biodegradable stuff in speeches and whatnot. In the end, oil and chemical corporations came out in first place with all the money they made
Also the yucca plant makes great biodegradable plastic.
Ghost In The Mirror So, that's why he was assasinated?
Why do so many reporters try to put people in compromising positions? “Hey, do you do illegal activities here?” They ask these people to incriminate themselves on camera. Drives me nuts.
this world is going to hell in a handbasket fast.!!!!!!
What we can do it s just to watch it
Rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. Why lock out waste pickers if the form part of the solution. Only the elite to benefit. Great piece Journeyman. Thank you for always showing both sides of the fence
That every country
Nini mxi does America have family garbage pickers? No. You see big corporations with thousands of garbage trucks effectively coming directly to people’s homes, picking up the waste, and professionally disposing and recycling it all the right way. That is pretty much the only solution.
Then the poor get an actual minimum wage job that makes more than $6/day because there are no more bottles to pick up.
I didn't cry.. men don't cry.. such level of selflessness by the uncle. 😭😭😭
I still wander what was the market were the father wanted to sell his kid?
@@heyhoe168 Human trafficking in China has a surprisingly big market.
I sure as hell cried. How can we send him a few dollars?
People facing with Mind boggling problems very soon
Automation can solve a great deal of it.. there will be a lot more innovation in that space. Robots and AI etc.
untill there is an alternative nothing will change, nothing
I don't think that's exactly what he means. Read between the lines and the changes happening now.
All honesty, I don't think any government of any county cares about the world not the the people of his country.... they should have called something else not the human. those people that works hard and still suffers called humans not the government people.
so what is the plastic alternative then ? what is its replacement? untill you find a substitute plastic polution will never change
Excellent documentary. And your on-screen narrator understands and speaks Chinese. Excellent.
Send me a bike I’ll pay shipping!
You can get them dirt cheap on alibaba/aliexpress
I know exactly how that poor kid and his uncle must feel.I Used to be and still am a scrap dealer and collector and do rubbish removal as well. I had to think of something to survive and stumbled on the scrap metal so to speak. Now I live in Scotland and do the same thing. Hard work but doesn't pay bad...I think that uncle should also try to move into metals and maybe invest into some sort of truck..
We should start a gofundme for the uncle, a way to help him and his nephew out. Get the kid through college atleast!
Shicool Yasmin yeah... him and the millions of other families that are in the exact same situation.
their literally thousands and millions of people and families just like him that havent been recognized...what about them?
I've you're the organizing type, please do! I'll give some of my welfare money. But I think the uncle would vastly prefer to be able to earn enough. It's hard on one's pride, living on hand-outs.
I like the Uncle and what isn't dignified about work especially if you are your own boss!
That is what I call journalism, real news, real problems. Well done and keep up the great job.
That child is very lucky he has an uncle like that. What an amazing man.
Such a powerful conclusion.
Really goes to show just how upside down this world is.
Keep on pickin! 🙌
All that plastic gives me aniexty
you are in the early stage of what will one day be our most common anxiety,..soon it'll have a name-you should name plastic induced anxiety after yourself,you've earned it-get well soon,
You get anxiety easy then...
It's in our blood streams too. Google it.
What a hellhole..
Great documentary. I like the way this huge issue is reported through the overlapping stories of those directly involved/affected by it. Much more material like this is needed. Films like this show that our world is complex and there are never any simple/easy solutions. I make commercial videos for a living here in the UK, but I'd be proud to be working on really worthwhile and well put together content such as this.
Hide it in the rice.
Dang I really want to send money to that family but he probably doesn't even have a bank account.
95TurboSol no worries ... They would have WeChat ... Where there is money there is WeChat ...
@@KarlDMarx I wonder if he has access to the internet or a device to use wechat
@Nij Jin No, poor people don't have bank accounts (usually), wasn't assuming because it's china.
95TurboSol very likely ... Cash is disappearing rapidly
Will contact the production Company and see if we can find out how to contact them and donate!.. Or if anybody has done that then please let me know!..
Shame I feel so sorry for that boy
No hope :/
Tons of hope. Happy Holidays.
Why aren't They recycling for God's sake? All the takeaways in UK are packaged in recycled biodegradable paper & cardboard & can be recycled. It enrages Me that there are still People like My neighbours putting out 40 black bags every 2 Weeks whereas if They recycled They'd have it picked up every Week. Well, every household will be restricted to putting out 1 bin bag per fortnight soon & be fined if They don't recycle. The Government needs to enforce recycling & start with all those dumped bikes! Send recycling collectors out every Week & send a rubbish collector only once a fortnight. Restrict how many rubbish bags are allowed to be thrown out & make People recycle! Create Jobs in rubbish sorting & recycling waste management & employ the plastic collectors so They can afford to provide decent living standards for their Families!
+Carpe Diem I live in the UK & We've been partially limited for over a decade now. Trash is collected only once every 2 weeks. Whereas recycling is collected every Week including food recycling (in the bags made out of rice) & garden waste recycling which includes animal droppings/dog mess is collected Weekly. Almost everyone recycles here now out of choice so We all have next to no trash to throw out if any. But Thanks to the lazy minority of arseholes like My neighbours who eat like pigs & still don't recycle The authorities are setting a long awaited cap on how much trash People can throw out & making it mandatory by Law for these slobs to recycle. It won't affect the majority of Us though as We already recycle. I have just under half a bag of rubbish to put out every fortnight & all it contains is wet wipes & similar items that can't be recycled or flushed. Just about everyone recycles food & animal waste so it can be collected Weekly. Fly tipping carries a hefty fine & often jail so there's very little of it here especially since there are Government facilities where You can take waste but You have to put specific types of waste in the correct designated skips & are supervised. It nearly all gets recycled from there. Things like fridges or ovens, bikes, furniture, clothes. Everything is sorted & recycled from there so You can take it there directly or from outside Your House each Week or the Banks in supermarket car parks. There's CCTV literally everywhere too in the towns so it's a bit hard to get away with fly tipping.
Everything you sorted for recycling was actually sent to china. None of it was done locally. The UK is now on the cusp of disaster since China banned the import of foreign waste for recycling.
+killj I just checked to see if You were right & apparently Yeah, in England, They send a lot of their plastic to China to be recycled & it actually ends up in landfill over there instead! I'm so upset about this!
I live in Wales & We have Our own recycling plants. A second plant just opened which is actually in My town & a lot of People protested about it being built near Houses because it's a plastic recycling plant & people thought it would cause fumes. I don't know why.
I wonder if that's why Our Council has announced They're reintroducing the old method of recycling where We have to sort Our recycling into separate types? I know where Our food & garden waste goes & it all gets recycled efficiently but You've made Me wonder now. Thanks for letting Me know! I'm gonna start a Petition! This isn't right! They're lying to Us & wrecking Our Planet!
This is incredibly sad. The kid is so happy he did not get sold. But still, his life is so difficult. Heartbreaking.
What a lovely family working so hard to make an honest living against the odds. Jindong is an amazing uncle and his nephew as well as he has to deal with uncertainty, poor living conditions, and on top of that, bullying and rejection from his classmates. I hope he continues to stay sweet and work hard and that his future is great!
Sell all of the bikes to southern hemisphere developing nations...
It’s all about money no one in a developing country will have enough money to do a thing like this. Sadly the company with the bikes won’t give them for free since it’s their money and won’t be worth it if they get a low offer.
It's hard to take plastic away in our lives. It's here to stay sadly. I think using recyclable plastic would be more smart because they can be used again than being wasted away somewhere and cause pollution.
Michael Jayson Banua I dont believe that at all. Hemp can help. They need to start now.
Guy Wade .... youre right ,
hemp could save the planet
Terry Dacktill People need to know it's value.Hemp and Hemp Seed...Save the Planet...
Guy Wade ... i tell everyone i know , when the opportunity arises
Hemp and nikola tesla all day baby
Michael Jayson Banua ....I’ll appoint you as the chief chemist n engineer to oversee the whole operation!
I'm really surprised that the Chinese don't do more of rice paper rice paper can be shredded and use as fertilizer
um.. they eat rice, and struggle to grow enough to feed themselves, and you want them to make paper out of it as well now ?
You don't know much about China only way back in the Hills do they have trouble getting fresh food far as Meats but also too that's why China's working so hard to build the Silk Road Again but of course you live in the cities got a deal with a social app that's where if you jaywalk across the street they take points off your social score lose too many points can't ride a bus can't ride a train can't even get on a plane then
@@josephfbuck social points? can you please explain?
He asked me to expand we have apps on her phone like Facebook in China the government's got a app on your phone that you can't delete can't turn off and also to facial recognition and cameras all over the place now at this time you're being spied on pretty much to the max but they had another twist into it if you don't cross the street where you're supposed to that's called jaywalking well in China you jaywalk they take points off and is taking off of points restricts a whole lot bus rides taxi cabs even airplanes if you don't have enough social point and you can't buy them you don't get to travel last time I looked they said something like 1.3 million as of right now that cannot use public transportation
@@josephfbuck that is not ture, the government doest Care about if you jaywalks, the credit points is based on you debt record if you have too much debt and refuse to pay them, it will stop you to purchase airticket and class 1 seats on the train.
The amounts of waste they produce is incredible. Makes the recycling movements in western countries seem futile :(
The recycling movement in the west was largely just shipping it to China. Now even Malaysia can't keep up.
11:07 Such heartwarming words, every parent should think like this
The person who invented these bike sharing schemes should be put into prison
Geflunk why? They didn’t intend to cause harm, they were just failed businesses
@@lolol1725 they never clean up their mess and leave it for the govt to do it
it failed because everyone copied him and his business ended up failing.
Sharing means different thing to different people like borrowing. Though business plan IMO.
It's too expensive to recycle PET. In the end it becomes pollution.
I'm sorry this is a messed up situation and I hope they are able to deal with it but my TH-cam was set to English caption auto-generate English and whenever they spoke Mandarin they said the craziest things like your daughter knows karate, the n word, you need to water down the street, so I laughed through the whole thing.
the n word is because the chinese words for 那个 （that) sounds similar
What that man does for his nefew is nothing short of brilliant!! I can't believe that kids dad wanted to sell him an all the whole on his deathbed??? That uncle is a shinning example of how family will look after its own in times of crisis, truly a beautiful story
Starting at 27:51 it's easy to see they bricked in his whole drive way and entrance into his home. You can also see that the back of his home is against the outside portion of the wall, (the driveway or alleyway). He could just bust out the concrete on the back wall of his home and put a nice door so they can enter and exit as they please. He could even make the door wide enough for him to get his motorcycle / atv out through it so he can continue collecting recyclables and continue to provide for his family.
God bless that man for raising and taking care of his nephew, just as good as he would if he were his own child.
Did you guys help the family, they are going to be roofless soon T.T
This guy is one true pitiful poor person..this type of guy should be given all the attention...he knows he can barely feed himself so he has no children except his nephew out of circumstances...yet he is working hard...unlike so many poor people in the world who can barely make 2ends meet to themselves ,yet they get married,produce babies in record times and whenever someone tries and ask their situation,they'll bring up all their 10+children,sick wife,sick old parents etc etc etc and blame those rich people and their govt..
I really really really feel pity and helpless for their children...just because of their poor parents desires,they are born and they have to struggle everyday (including 1 month old babies)..
These poor stupid people should be locked away and force them to stop making anymore babies but let the rich/middle class people adopt their children and give a better life cuz these kids deserves 100% comfort in their childhood...
Kikru Belho free college and equal opportunity are much better solutions then to just take away procreation from people who don't make a lot of money. That's straight authoritarian.
My buddy and I were talking about plastic products last night.
I mentioned California banning plastic straws with the intent to start a conversation about straws being a minor problem in the world since straws are a minor problem.
All he said is that it was a good idea, which it is, and that all plastic products should be banned. I thought about it and after a bit of discussion we both came to the conclusion that most plastic products need to be banned, not all since some products need to be plastic to exist. All others should be illegal.
My invention will do away with 95% of plastic straw usage, its brilliantly simple and I can't understand why someone else hasn't already thought of it. My small problem is I am living in an asian country with no income and no means of producing a prototype for licensing or patent to get started.
All plastic products. Even "most" plastic products...Think about that. You need to find viable alternatives first. Packaging is one thing (and millions of people would have to reskill and find new jobs) but ALL plastic products?
Whatever you replace those plastic products with needs to be better for the Earth. Paper? How many trees can you grow sustainably to support a paper-based economy/infrastructure? How do you deal with the manufacturing pollution from paper production?
I'd LOVE to see an end to the oil industry and have it replaced with something miraculous. We need to do something and fast. Until "something" is developed to replace plastic, there ARE recycling solutions out there as well as enzyme based disposal/breakdown waste solutions.
Nothing is ever so simplistic or black and white as "hey, we should ban all plastics!"
I'll bet you are using a device made mainly of plastic right now. Let's see you make a paper computer!
Plastic people should also be banned 😂😂😂
Ooh that is more bikes than in the Netherlands.
1:44 nice dance buddy 🤙 your beat timing is perfection
where can we send donations to the uncle/nephew
please yes where can we donate to help this kid! save this world one kid at a time! FUCK politicians get rid of them then we are one step closer!
I'm interested too
I would love a free bike
Try living one day without any plastic. Impossible for anyone except maybe the members of an unknown tribe in the Amazon or Papua New Guinea!
Marie Katherine You must be a Fox News or MSNBC Stoog.
People in the did fine without plastic packages in the 50s in the USA
It's not a binary choice, you can try to consume less, carry your own bag, don't eat take-out so much, one napkin when at a restaurant, moderation not abuse.
I didnt use plastic all week!
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Ah, such a sweet kid, so happy and cheerful. He's lucky to have such a great uncle, I hope they find some relief in this world.
I love the way Wung skips everywhere, his dad is a hero 😎❤️
Donate those bikes to other countries
China could donate some of these bikes to fat Americans trying to lose weight. 😊👍👌
we need alien technologies to solve this waste crisis
Or we can all become muslims...
Illegal aliens
Lol
@@MonBerry only an uneducated poor person would think that lol its okay its not your fault blame your bummy parents .
he's so happy to see his dad life is priceless amen
This is what happens when they would rather throw away stuff then give it to the people that need it
Help Hemp!!!
I grew up with Glass bottles, I miss them.
Sweety Loz We still use glass but it should be exchanged for deposit. Instead we have 2 recycle ourselves, that means it will get thrown away...
Hemp is 10x more CO2 producing, so noooooooo thank you.