TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Andrea BAMBINO, "The New York 'canners' recycling discarded bottles to survive"
A 'canner' checks his payment after submitting cans for recycling at a collection point in Brooklyn on October 18, 2021. - New York has an estimated 10,000 "canners," mostly older migrants from Latin America and China who scrape a living sorting and recycling plastics and aluminum. The canners are a key part of the recycling effort but they are unofficial workers, lacking the benefits and health insurance that would come with a recognized job. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP)