By scouring garbage cans for soda bottles, soy sauce containers and cooking oil jugs to sell to a Beijing recycling depot, Tian Wengui can earn $3 on a good day.

• 在冲洗易拉罐，酱油瓶，油瓶等的废弃容器后卖给北京的垃圾回收站，田文贵最好一天能挣3美元。