scavenging, scavenging,
The perseverance and helplessness of uncles and aunts
Liang Chengdong
Some people say that the garbage dump in the eyes of scavengers is the most charming garden in the world.
Zhang Dong (pseudonym) never thought that he would usher in the first highlight moment after joining the "Beijing Drift" army, not because of how tall and handsome he looked, nor because of how big a list he signed for the company, but because of how tall and handsome he was. On the day he just moved into the rental house, when he went downstairs to take out the garbage for the first time, he was surrounded by several uncles and aunts before he approached the garbage can, as if he had strayed into the "fandom" "idol".
In this way, all the old cardboard boxes in Zhang Dong's hands belonged to Uncle Chen, who rushed over first. A few scattered beverage bottles went into Uncle Yin's snakeskin bag, who rushed over. The rest of the people had to take advantage of it. Come, come back disappointed.
Therefore, the waste collection circle also has its own "Jianghu", and those cardboard boxes and beverage bottles hide the sophistication of uncles and aunts.
1 Late "hard currency" is gone
The community where Aunt Qi lives is the same as most communities in Beijing: there are 4 garbage bins downstairs in each building for garbage classification, and the two that say "kitchen waste" and "other garbage" It is always full and needs to be cleaned regularly by cleaning staff every day; the one that contains "hazardous garbage" rarely sees people throwing things in it, and it can be cleaned once a few days; and the trash can used to carry "recyclables" is absolutely Most of the time it's empty to see.
Aunt Qi "squats" near the trash can downstairs every day. As long as someone appears with garbage such as waste paper boxes, she will go forward and take it all, throw the other garbage into the trash can, and then put the carton box. Leave it behind and pack it in a snakeskin bag.
When the snakeskin bag is full, pull it outside the community to sell it.
1.3 yuan per kilogram is the price given by the large truck that drives to the gate of the community to collect waste. If you walk a few more steps to a larger waste recycling station, you can sell it for 1.5 yuan per kilogram, or even more.
As for the "hard currency" such as old clothes and old shoes, they are often taken away by the cleaning aunt before they leave the corridor.
With the unit corridor as the boundary, the inside is the world of the cleaning aunt, and the outside is the stage for the scavenger.
Who says there is no involution in the circle of the elderly?
If you don't work hard, you may not even be able to pick up the cardboard box.
On May 12, Beijing set off a new round of "grasping vegetables" due to various "grass news", and almost every supermarket and vegetable market lined up in long queues waiting to be weighed and paid.
At the dim light, Aunt Qi in the team suddenly looked back and found that several cardboard boxes used to hold vegetables were abandoned in the shadow of the lights by the supermarket staff.
From the time she was about to talk, she was about to move, and finally took a firm step. Aunt Qi asked the people behind her to help her guard her position in the queue and walked to the stack of cardboard boxes.
After checking out, paying, turning around and leaving, Aunt Qi who walked out of the supermarket waved her sleeves, leaving no dust behind.
2 "Convenience" and "Unbearable" coexist
Wang Liang (pseudonym), who had just returned to the community after overtime, took out the express delivery that just arrived this morning from the express cabinet downstairs.
Just as he took out the key and was about to cut open the carton of the express package, a sharp paper cutter reached out to him from the dim night...
"Young man, use this." The hand holding the knife came from a well-dressed old man, and he told Wang Liang with a serious face: "Tear off the name, phone number, address, etc., it's safe, keep the cardboard box. Just give it to me."
"No cardboard box can go into the trash can 'alive'." Wang Liang joked that he had no opinion on what these old people did. First, it was the freedom of others, and he had no right to interfere; second, he could carry less. For a while, why not do it?
Li Weijun (pseudonym), who lives in the same community as Wang Liang, has a different opinion: "I really can't accept it. Some people pile up all the scraps they picked up in the corridor, which makes people uncomfortable, so I won't talk about it. The key is that it affects traffic, and there is also a fire hazard."
The owners of many different communities also expressed their views.
Some people think that as long as the picked up waste is not piled up in public passages to affect others, some people say that even if it is stored at home, it may emit various strange smells and affect the living environment of surrounding people.
At the same time, due to the current epidemic prevention and control period, many people believe that the behavior of picking up waste in the community is likely to cause the spread of the virus, which should be completely eliminated.
"You can make your money, but please don't affect my life." Li Weijun said that every time he saw someone in the corridor collecting waste with a cart or snakeskin bag, or even an old man fighting for the waste, he would always Very uncomfortable, I feel that the living experience has dropped a lot, but I don't know if this is a violation of my legal rights.
Some people prefer to get along with neighbors and communicate with each other. If they know which house is collecting waste, they will put items such as cardboard boxes that are not used at home at the door of the house to help others and facilitate themselves; some people are more willing to Forget each other in the rivers and lakes, close the door, and each has sorrow and joy.
There is no difference between the two ways of life, and there is no difference between right and wrong.
Provided that the law is not violated.
3 Management is in place to solve the problem is not difficult
Regarding the question of whether the collection of waste products in the community constitutes infringement, Bao Hua, a member of the lawyer expert database of the Rule of Law Daily and a lawyer from Beijing Hairun Tianrui Law Firm, believes that simply collecting waste products does not constitute infringement.
"Everyone has the right to choose their own way of life, as long as the behavior of the perpetrator does not infringe on the rights and interests of others in the legal sense." Bao Hua said that if he just stores the collected waste in his own home and sells it on a regular basis, it does not cause any damage. Air pollution, noise pollution, light pollution, water pollution, etc., should be allowed.
If wastes do accumulate and occupy public passages or fire passages, or even if they store wastes in their own homes, air pollution, noise pollution, light pollution, water pollution, etc. still occur, then the legitimate rights and interests of other owners are indeed infringed. You can protect your legitimate rights and interests in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Code on adjacent relationships and tort liability.
"It doesn't mean that we have 'worry' that it is an infringement." Regarding the concerns raised by some owners that the collection of waste products will cause the spread of the virus, Bao Hua emphasized: "Whether it will cause the spread of the virus and whether it is an infringement should be strictly in accordance with the relevant laws. Regulations and industry standards to judge.”
To solve the problem of littering in the corridors of the unit, do I have to resort to the court?
"It's actually not difficult to manage this problem." Zhai Yehu, a professor at the Law School of Capital University of Economics and Business and an arbitrator of the BAC/Beijing International Arbitration Center, said that after the new property management regulations take effect, all public areas in the community are not allowed to stack waste. , property companies can work with communities, streets and public security organs to manage such issues and do a good job of ideological work for the relevant groups.
"If there are still obstinate people, these wastes can be forced to be cleaned up."
In addition, in the context of the implementation of garbage classification in Beijing, Zhai Yehu suggested that property companies or cleaning personnel further strengthen management, and collect the classified garbage as soon as it arrives, and then regularly hand it over to a professional waste collection station for treatment, forming a virtuous circle.
"Proceeds from the sale of these waste products can be used as a reward for the community and property companies who work overtime." Zhai Yehu said that Xinlian Mingyuan Community in Beijing recently spent 10,000 yuan from public revenue to encourage and Condolences to community staff, community property company personnel and 12 owners who actively participated in community epidemic prevention and nucleic acid testing services.
4 Evolution from subsistence to sophisticated scavenging
Collecting waste products is a very hard industry, and you may also bear legal responsibility if you are not careful.
So, can such efforts and rewards be proportional?
Previously, there have been media reports that "the aunt in the community earns 6,000 yuan a month for picking up junk", "someone earns 25,000 a month from selling cardboard", "the aunt's monthly income is nearly 20,000, and she is obsessed with picking up garbage while sitting on multiple properties"...
Of course, those who can be reported are basically "human high-quality scavengers".
Just like we asked whether live broadcasts make money or not?
Of course those game anchors with millions of fans make money; do they make money playing games?
Of course professional players in LPL (League of Legends Professional League) make money; do they make money playing basketball?
Of course NBA stars make money...Using individuals to quantify groups and use amateurs to benchmark majors is likely to come up with a false proposition.
The uncles and aunts who roam in various communities collecting waste obviously cannot meet the high income standard, but it is not a big problem to earn thousands of yuan a month to subsidize the household.
As for whether this thousand pieces are considered "just need" for family income?
I'm afraid there is still a score discussion.
A T-shirt that was washed and faded, a wide-brimmed hat with no age, a pair of stained cloth shoes... This is the image of Uncle Guo, who collects waste.
Uncle Guo, who usually helps his son and daughter-in-law to look after the children at home, has no income. The daily expenses of the family depend on the regular living expenses given by his son and daughter-in-law.
"Now that the national policy is good, I don't worry about getting enough food or clothing." Uncle Guo said, "But it's not easy for children to earn money. I don't earn much money doing this, but I can help them a little bit."
Sophisticated cotton and linen shirts, exquisite mechanical watches, and already wrapped bracelets... This is the dress of Uncle Han, who often competes with Uncle Guo for "performance".
Uncle Han and his wife came to Beijing from their hometown in Shanxi a few years ago to help their daughter take care of their grandson.
Unlike Uncle Guo, Uncle Han and his wife have pensions, and their daughters and sons-in-law also earn considerable income. Collecting waste products is completely a "hobby", or is it also considered "self-employment"?
Joining the waste collection industry has little to do with the original social status and wealth of the practitioners. Where there are beverage bottles and waste cardboard, there are "KPIs" (key performance indicators) that uncles and aunts are always chasing after.
5 "Lonely and confused" is behind loneliness and confusion
"I've talked about picking up trash countless times, but I can't stop it. I really can't help it now." Uncle Han's daughter has negotiated with her parents many times about picking up trash.
She believes that the family is not short of this money. Picking up scraps is hard and unhygienic, which not only affects the relationship with the neighbors, but also makes herself very faceless.
Parents who go their own way like this can easily lead to family conflicts.
"One is that we don't want to waste it, and the other is that we are really bored at home. We can still earn some pocket money by selling some scraps, so why not?" Uncle Han said that he did not understand his children's incomprehension.
With the rapid development of urbanization, more and more elderly people have come to the city to take care of their grandchildren to support their children's career, and they have become "old drifters" who migrate with their children.
Language communication, way of life, urban and rural customs, social interaction, etc. will bring discomfort to their lives.
Many "old drifters" face the embarrassment of being "unfamiliar" with their neighbors.
"In my hometown, all of them belong to the same village. I often go to other people's houses to chat and chat when the door is not closed. But in the city, the children go to work and go to school. When the door is closed, no one knows anyone, and they can't speak. I can't do anything, I'm in a hurry." Uncle Guo said.
And even the "indigenous old people" who were born and grew up in Sri Lanka have the same confusion when faced with similar problems.
Similar problems are not unique to our country, and more extreme ones have also been seen in the newspapers.
A "Natto Immortal" once appeared in the famous Japanese reality show "Can I Follow You to Your Home": 72-year-old Maeda Ryoji sat in a tens of millions of mansions in Shibuya District, Tokyo, but turned the mansion into a garbage dump ...The main entrance is full of garbage and can no longer enter and exit, and can only be reached through a large bamboo forest and through the back door.
The door is full of newspapers, the living room is full of rubbish, and lunch boxes and food are scattered all over the place.
Washing hands with rotten orange peels, eating only natto bibimbap for three meals a day, and occasionally a piece of soy sauce mixed with garlic... This was the beginning of "Tianhu", but Maeda Ryojiu became "rotten".
The reason why he lives like this is because Maeda has neither married nor good friends.
After her parents died one after another, her sister also left this world at the age of 60.
Under the shroud of a huge sense of loneliness and emptiness, he lived like this.
"Natto Immortal" even asked the reporter: "If everyone you know is dead, do you still have the meaning of life?"
6 It is not a fault to scavenge waste, and the "garden" is in sight
There is only one way to get rid of weeds in the wilderness, and that is to plant crops on it.
"It should help the elderly develop more interests that are beneficial to their physical and mental health." Zhai Yehu said that many communities have paid attention to this issue and will hold some corresponding activities on festivals such as the Double Ninth Festival to make it easier for the elderly in the community to make friends with each other.
"Being able to meet new friends with like-minded interests will be more conducive to the mental state of the elderly."
Today, when the material level has been greatly improved, the supply of the spiritual level is particularly important.
Zhai Yehu suggested that streets and communities should strengthen the construction of soft environment, and open table tennis rooms, reading rooms, chess and card rooms and other activity places for the elderly, so as to build more bridges for the elderly.
At the same time, the government should invest corresponding human, material and financial resources to organize a series of public welfare activities such as psychological lectures, health lectures, and legal lectures.
Zhai Yehu told reporters: "At present, many local governments and sub-district communities regularly arrange psychological counselors to provide personalized and targeted counseling or relief to the elderly."
If you muster the courage to step out of the small circle in front of you, you may be able to see a broader new world.
In recent years, with the development of the mobile Internet and the narrowing of the "digital divide", some Chinese "new elderly" groups have begun to rise.
There are not a few "old Internet celebrities" on major online platforms, with hundreds of thousands to millions of fans at every turn, no less than young "Internet celebrities".
Uncle Zhang used to be a language teacher. After retirement, he never felt that he had nothing to do.
Every once in a while, Uncle Zhang will invite a few old friends to go cycling around the city.
When I see a good scenery, I take pictures with my camera. When I meet interesting people and things, I record it with a "pen" that has not yet "retired". I write poetry, prose, and travel notes. Life is more colorful than many young people. .
Recently, Uncle Zhang has learned from young people to start short videos and public accounts, and has accumulated a lot of fans.
"The children are busy with theirs, and I am busy with mine. I will take care of my grandson if I need it. When I don't need me, I will find something I like to do and get back to work." When he mentioned his retirement life, Uncle Zhang was in high spirits. It's like the train of time slowly passing through the arena of life. Looking back, it's still the same as when I was young.
Words like "dream" and "hard work" are not exclusive to young people.
"Treasure Grandma" who became popular on the Internet for her self-made "fashion", "Grandma Haoheng" who helped her grandson sell local red apricots with live broadcasts, Li Qijun who signed up for the Sichuan Higher Education Self-study Exam at the age of 70, and bilibili's oldest up One of the masters, Jiang Minci, the old man... The dream of the elderly can also ride the wind and waves.
Just like what was said in the TV series "Thirty Only": "For the past thirty years, I have been living in the expectations of others; in the future, I want to do something I like. Everything in front of me is only thirty. ." Now the elderly should realize that in the past few decades, they have been living in the dedication to their families and children.
From now on, they should do something they love.
Everything in front of me is only seventy or eighty.
In fact, picking up scraps or cultivating other hobbies, so that every old man can have a happy old age, is the final answer to the problem at hand.
After all, you can only encounter a more beautiful garden after you get out of the garbage dump.
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Relevant provisions of the Civil Code
Article 286 Owners shall abide by laws, regulations and management regulations, and relevant behaviors shall comply with the requirements of saving resources and protecting the ecological environment.
For property service enterprises or other managers to implement emergency response measures and other management measures implemented by the government in accordance with the law, the owner shall cooperate in accordance with the law.
The owners' meeting or the owners' committee shall have the right to act in accordance with laws, regulations and management statutes against acts that damage the legitimate rights and interests of others, such as arbitrarily discarding garbage, discharging pollutants or noise, raising animals in violation of regulations, building illegally, occupying passages, and refusing to pay property fees. Request the perpetrator to stop the infringement, remove the obstruction, eliminate the danger, restore the original state, and compensate for the loss.
If the owner or other actor refuses to perform the relevant obligations, the parties concerned may report or complain to the relevant administrative department, and the relevant administrative department shall handle it according to law.
Article 287 The owner shall have the right to request the construction unit, property service enterprise or other managers and other owners to infringe upon their legitimate rights and interests, and shall have the right to request them to bear civil liability.
Article 288 Adjacent obligees of immovable property shall correctly handle the adjacent relationship in accordance with the principles of favorable production, convenient living, solidarity and mutual assistance, fairness and reasonableness.
Fire law related regulations
Article 28 No unit or individual shall damage, misappropriate or dismantle or deactivate fire-fighting facilities or equipment without authorization, shall not bury, trap, block fire hydrants or occupy fire separation distances, and shall not occupy, block or close evacuation passages, safety exits, Fire truck access.
The doors and windows of crowded places shall not be set with obstacles that affect escape and fire fighting and rescue.
Article 60 If a unit violates the provisions of this Law and commits any of the following acts, it shall be ordered to make corrections and be fined not less than 5,000 yuan but not more than 50,000 yuan:
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(3) Occupying, blocking or closing evacuation passages, safety exits, or other acts that hinder safe evacuation;
(4) Burying, enclosing or blocking fire hydrants or occupying fire separation distances;
(5) Occupying, blocking, or closing the passage of fire trucks, obstructing the passage of fire trucks;
(6) Obstacles that affect escape and fire fighting and rescue are set up on doors and windows in crowded places;
(7) Failure to take timely measures to eliminate potential fire hazards after being notified by the fire rescue agency.
Individuals who commit any of the acts in Items 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the preceding paragraph shall be given a warning or a fine of not more than 500 yuan.
If there are acts in items 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the first paragraph of this article, if they refuse to make corrections after being ordered to make corrections, they shall be enforced, and the required expenses shall be borne by the offenders.
Property management regulations
Article 45 The property service enterprise shall stop and report to the relevant administrative department in a timely manner any acts in violation of laws and regulations on public security, environmental protection, property decoration and use in the property management area.
After receiving the report from the property service enterprise, the relevant administrative department shall stop or deal with the illegal act in accordance with the law.