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HAVANA, May 14 (Lucas Garve, CPI / www.cubanet.org) - The present economic
crisis in Cuba has impelled more people to scavenge recyclable goods as a way of
making ends meet.
Daily one can see people around refuse bins looking for cardboard, cloth,
paper, bottles, metals, and plastics, which can be sold to the government's Raw
Materials Recovery company by the pound.
Word in the streets is the garbage bins behind the dollar stores yield the
most valuable materials.
Others engage in recycling on their own, refilling, for example, perfume
bottles, and selling them, typically for 15 to 20 pesos. Deodorant tubes go for
15 pesos. The primary market for these is found among people who don't have
access to dollars.
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