It takes work to get empties to the right spot.
Late at night on a recent Tuesday, an older man and woman sat together on a low brick wall on the Upper East Side, quietly chatting in Spanish. Nearly a dozen giant trash bags surrounded them, almost bursting with empty cans and bottles. The pair had hauled the bags all over the neighborhood, slowly collecting a few cans here, some bottles there. Now, around 11 p.m., they were waiting for a truck from a Staten Island redemption center to pick up their collection.
He started volunteering with the center, eventually becoming its executive director, and now he is one of the canners’ most vocal advocates. Castalia tells anyone who will listen how much the bill in Albany could change canners’ lives. “Ten cents—I want that. I want them to raise it to 25,” said Raymond Andrew Dash, who was collecting cans in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx on a Saturday in October.Like many canners, Dash relies on canning to make ends meet, but it is not his only income.
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