everydaytrash

Hi, it’s Leila. I’m sitting in the Miami airport waiting to board my flight to Guayaquil, reading the paper and attempting to blog via smartphone. If you haven’t yet, check out the NYT story on the failing recycling industry in China. The news hook isn’t new, but the profile of a trash collector named Tian Wengui is.

Related slideshow at nytimes.com/business.

Update: here are the links for the article and the slideshow

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