A Dime Per Bottle: Advocates Push New Bill to Boost Recycling and Support Low-Income Workers (opens in new tab)

For the past decade, Huichan Chen, 69, has spent five to six hours a day walking the blocks of the Lower East Side and Chinatown, collecting bottles and cans. On most days, she earns between $10 and $20, on a good day, maybe $30. But on Tuesday morning, Chen felt a rare sense of excitement. […] The post appeared first on <a href="