A garbage collector’s day on Mount Tai (8)

（People's Daily Online） 17:17, May 03, 2013

At 5 p.m., Zhang goes down the mountain with six bags of garbage on his shoulders. Zhang said that there were fewer visitors than two days ago and he could call it a day earlier. (Photo by Li Xianglei/ Chinanews.com)

Edited and translated by Gao Yinan, People's Daily Online

Zhang Bin, 46, is a sanitation worker on Mount Tai. He has been working in South-Sky Gate scenic spot for a decade. His job is walking trails and paths to pick up garbage left by those visitors who, for whatever reason, still litter in defiance of the “warm prompt”. Reporter recorded a day of Zhang Bin with cameras on May 1, 2013, the last day of the 3-day holidays.

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