6/10/11

Scott Walker

a.  Who is Scott Walker?
Scott walker is a person who does recycling.
b.  An editorial in The Journal Times.com was outraged by a decision that Walker was considering.  What did Walker want to do?
Under the plan, subsidies for local recycling programs would end and municipalities would no longer be required to run those programs.
c.  Why did Governor Walker surrender his plan, and what were the arguments his opponents raised?
The governor quickly folded his plan when he failed to get the backing of key Republican lawmakers, who said his plan goes too far.
d.  According to the article, what is the estimated number of waste-pickers worldwide?
The trash will be sorted and removed by the estimated 15 million waste pickers in the world.
e.  Individual homeowners and employees at schools and other institutions believe that it is really important to separate recyclable items like paper, glass, and plastic.  According to the article, how would individual waste-pickers benefit from just throwing everything away into a single bin?
Before the municipal garbage trucks pull up to empty trash bins, these waste pickers comb through the trash, pulling out paper, plastic, glass, or anything else they know they can sell. The typical garbage collectors reportedly earn from 50 to 100 Turkish lira a week.
g.  Open up another tab and google "currency converter."  Find out how much 17,000 lira are in terms of US dollars.
1 US dollar.
h.  Read that paragraph next to the picture with the "For SaProxy-Connection: keep-alive
Cache-Control: max-age=0

" real estate sign.  According to that paragraph, what is one of the benefits of allowing individuals roaming neighborhoods to collect trash?
Americans would likely be horrified to see entrepreneurs pulling carts of other people's trash through the streets and living at junkyards. They needn't worry. Minimum-wage laws, business licensing, OSHA requirements and all the rest will keep some Americans rooting through their own trash to comply with government edicts.
Proxy-Connection: keep-alive
Cache-Control: max-age=0

3C/b>.  Who is the author of the article you just read?
Doug French is the author of this story.
j.  In the paragraph wherProxy-Connection: keep-alive
Cache-Control: max-age=0

the "Today's Zaman" is linked, what reason does Emir Altıngöller, a junk dealer, give for being content?
  Emir Altıngöller deals in recyclables by the kilogram, buying for 40 kuruş and selling for 60 kuruş. On the worst of days he makes 10 lira, while on the best of days it's ten times that. "He is thankful and content with his lot because he says he appreciates being self-employed," writes Fatma Turan for Today's Zaman