cartoneros

heres a typical sight in the city - cartoneros. people who come into the city from the poor villas and collect cardboard, plastic, glass and paper from the trashbags along the sidewalks. sometimes their carts are pulled by horses, or they will fill a truck bed 10 feet high with burlap sacks of all the odds and ends they collect. oftentimes the whole family collects together. im not really clear who they sell the scraps to, but i think its to warehouses or people in the villas who process the scraps.

a few more observations and ramblings

November 20th 2006
At the request of Uncle Allen, here are some more observations and photos of the everyday life here in Buenos Aires: 1. There aren’t really many stop signs, let alone yield signs, in Buenos Aires. The rule at intersections of two one-way streets with no stop lights (the majority) is that the cars on the “main” street get priority. If the cars stop at the intersection, its not the car furth ... read more

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