7/30/2002: Chinese recycling

Undertoad · 07-30-2002, 10:52 AM

This gent in Shanghai has collected plastic bottles for recycling and has worked out a way to transport them to the recycling depot.

For his efforts, he'll get 0.08 yen for every 2.2 pounds of material: that's $0.01.

Now, can someone more enterprising than me - or somewhat less enterprising than this guy - work out exactly how much his bundles are worth.

blase · 07-30-2002, 01:36 PM

Remember that shot of the Chinese dust storm? I sure hope this poor fellow doesn't get any stiff gusts. That doesn't look like the most secure load.

Tobiasly · 07-30-2002, 02:06 PM

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Originally posted by Undertoad
Now, can someone more enterprising than me - or somewhat less enterprising than this guy - work out exactly how much his bundles are worth.

Well, I'm not much good at estimating, but in order to net a dollar, that'd have to be 220 pounds of bottles, which looks to be about twice his weight.

bcbrewery · 08-01-2002, 04:01 PM

I was just looking at MSNBC's pic's of the week and came across this one.

Another kind of fishing
An Indonesian scavenger rows his makeshift raft to collect plastic amidst a pile of garbage clogging a Jakarta river July 24. The man can earn $1.60 a day to support his family.

snagglefish · 08-02-2002, 01:35 PM

...any particular reason a man in shanghai would be paid in YEN.....?

Undertoad · 08-02-2002, 01:37 PM

Naw, I must have messed that up. Was it yuen?

snagglefish · 08-02-2002, 01:41 PM

i assume it would be yuan he was getting paid in.....but 0.08 Yuan works out to roughly $0.009 per 2.2 lbs.....which seems preposterously low to me.....

incidently i move to shanghai in a week.....hurraY!

snagglefish · 08-22-2002, 06:44 PM

i just moved to shanghai.
hurraY!
i have been here for a week now.
hopefully pix to come and stories and whatnot.

juju · 08-22-2002, 10:49 PM

What will you be doing in Shanghai? New job?

snagglefish · 08-22-2002, 10:58 PM

i am actually doing an internship through the cdn govt.
i am a graphic designer in the production section of a carpet company.

very wacky.

my degree is in marine biology.
i had a photography company in vancouver.

so clearly carpet design is right up my alley.

started on monday and so far so good.

and i saw a guy on a bike with tons of bottles just the other day. . .

That Guy · 08-23-2002, 09:28 AM

How does one go about designing carpet?

Nic Name · 08-23-2002, 10:46 AM

From what I gather ...

you take a fish ... I mean, you take a picture of a fish ... and then you ...

snagglefish · 08-26-2002, 06:43 PM

so.
how does one design a carpet you ask.....?

well....i could get into all of the nitty gritty level loop tip shear heat set solution dyed machinations of it, but these are really buzz words that i have no idea what they mean.

from what i can gather you design your pattern's looks in photoshop then fire it into this proprietary dutch program that simulates the pattern in 3D. from there it goes into this mock-up carpet machine that actually produces the carpet itself. but instead of the whole process it just punches the nylon yarn through an acetate-like material, and voila - you have a demo carpet to look at to see if it is actually roughly how you designed it.

i could even put a picture of say, uh, myself on a carpet. i will post a pic if that ever happens. . .

07-30-2002, 10:52 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	7/30/2002: Chinese recycling This gent in Shanghai has collected plastic bottles for recycling and has worked out a way to transport them to the recycling depot. For his efforts, he'll get 0.08 yen for every 2.2 pounds of material: that's $0.01. Now, can someone more enterprising than me - or somewhat less enterprising than this guy - work out exactly how much his bundles are worth.

08-02-2002, 01:35 PM	#5
snagglefish Cantankerous Incantonator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: vancouver, canada Posts: 54	yen eh? ...any particular reason a man in shanghai would be paid in YEN.....?

08-02-2002, 01:41 PM	#7
snagglefish Cantankerous Incantonator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: vancouver, canada Posts: 54	yuAn i assume it would be yuan he was getting paid in.....but 0.08 Yuan works out to roughly $0.009 per 2.2 lbs.....which seems preposterously low to me..... incidently i move to shanghai in a week.....hurraY!

08-22-2002, 06:44 PM	#8
snagglefish Cantankerous Incantonator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: vancouver, canada Posts: 54	around the world i just moved to shanghai. hurraY! i have been here for a week now. hopefully pix to come and stories and whatnot.

08-22-2002, 10:58 PM	#10
snagglefish Cantankerous Incantonator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: vancouver, canada Posts: 54	carpet designer i am actually doing an internship through the cdn govt. i am a graphic designer in the production section of a carpet company. very wacky. my degree is in marine biology. i had a photography company in vancouver. so clearly carpet design is right up my alley. started on monday and so far so good. and i saw a guy on a bike with tons of bottles just the other day. . .

07-30-2002, 01:36 PM	#2
blase Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 91	Remember that shot of the Chinese dust storm? I sure hope this poor fellow doesn't get any stiff gusts. That doesn't look like the most secure load.

08-01-2002, 04:01 PM	#4
bcbrewery Sibling of the Commonweal Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 16	I was just looking at MSNBC's pic's of the week and came across this one. Another kind of fishing An Indonesian scavenger rows his makeshift raft to collect plastic amidst a pile of garbage clogging a Jakarta river July 24. The man can earn $1.60 a day to support his family.

08-02-2002, 01:37 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Naw, I must have messed that up. Was it yuen?

08-22-2002, 10:49 PM	#9
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	What will you be doing in Shanghai? New job?

08-23-2002, 09:28 AM	#11
That Guy He who reads, sometimes writes. Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: at the keyboard Posts: 791	How does one go about designing carpet?

08-23-2002, 10:46 AM	#12
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	From what I gather ... you take a fish ... I mean, you take a picture of a fish ... and then you ...

08-26-2002, 06:43 PM	#13
snagglefish Cantankerous Incantonator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: vancouver, canada Posts: 54	complex machinations. so. how does one design a carpet you ask.....? well....i could get into all of the nitty gritty level loop tip shear heat set solution dyed machinations of it, but these are really buzz words that i have no idea what they mean. from what i can gather you design your pattern's looks in photoshop then fire it into this proprietary dutch program that simulates the pattern in 3D. from there it goes into this mock-up carpet machine that actually produces the carpet itself. but instead of the whole process it just punches the nylon yarn through an acetate-like material, and voila - you have a demo carpet to look at to see if it is actually roughly how you designed it. i could even put a picture of say, uh, myself on a carpet. i will post a pic if that ever happens. . .

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