{"id":39568,"date":"2023-03-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/?p=39568"},"modified":"2023-03-20T16:06:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T08:06:16","slug":"small-station-big-hearts-%e2%94%80dongyuan-recycling-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/?p=39568","title":{"rendered":"Small Station, Big Hearts \u2500Dongyuan Recycling Station"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"39568\" class=\"elementor elementor-39568\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-146b6b0a elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"146b6b0a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6a8745\" data-id=\"c6a8745\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67b8e4de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67b8e4de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Text and photos by Huang Xiao-zhe<\/strong><br \/>Translated by Wu Hsiao-ting<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-073995c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"073995c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d89d76\" data-id=\"3d89d76\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-525cfad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"525cfad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221006\u53f0\u5357\u6771\u5c71\u5340\u6771\u539f\u74b0\u4fdd\u7ad9-XPro1-\u9ec3\u7b71\u54f2009.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221006\u53f0\u5357\u6771\u5c71\u5340\u6771\u539f\u74b0\u4fdd\u7ad9-XPro1-\u9ec3\u7b71\u54f2009.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221006\u53f0\u5357\u6771\u5c71\u5340\u6771\u539f\u74b0\u4fdd\u7ad9-XPro1-\u9ec3\u7b71\u54f2009-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221006\u53f0\u5357\u6771\u5c71\u5340\u6771\u539f\u74b0\u4fdd\u7ad9-XPro1-\u9ec3\u7b71\u54f2009-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221006\u53f0\u5357\u6771\u5c71\u5340\u6771\u539f\u74b0\u4fdd\u7ad9-XPro1-\u9ec3\u7b71\u54f2009-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221006\u53f0\u5357\u6771\u5c71\u5340\u6771\u539f\u74b0\u4fdd\u7ad9-XPro1-\u9ec3\u7b71\u54f2009-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-328620b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"328620b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Volunteers at the Dongyuan Recycling Station pose for a group photo. From left: Liu Xiu-qin (\u5289\u79c0\u7434), Wu Mei-yun (\u5433\u7f8e\u96f2), Zheng Qiu-yuan, Li Shu-zhu (\u674e\u6dd1\u73e0), Luo You-hui, Zheng Zong-zhi, Li Li-qin (\u674e\u9e97\u7434), and You Ye Min.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d063736 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d063736\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-divider{--divider-border-style:none;--divider-border-width:1px;--divider-color:#2c2c2c;--divider-icon-size:20px;--divider-element-spacing:10px;--divider-pattern-height:24px;--divider-pattern-size:20px;--divider-pattern-url:none;--divider-pattern-repeat:repeat-x}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider{display:-webkit-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex}.elementor-widget-divider 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data-id=\"23726c24\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65b57e56\" data-id=\"65b57e56\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2553abbc elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2553abbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>October 6, 2022, marked the first time I visited the Tzu Chi Dongyuan Recycling Station in Dongshan District, Tainan, southern Taiwan. This recycling station is situated in such an atypical location I couldn\u2019t have found it if someone hadn\u2019t shown me the way to it. Nestled in the mountains, it doesn\u2019t have an address, nor are there any signs that point the way. The only \u201clandmark\u201d you can rely on to locate it is three shipping containers sitting alongside a mountain path leading to the recycling station. After passing the containers at a bend in the mountain path, you are there.<\/p><p>The recycling station is small and simply laid out: a single sorting area and two or three places for storing recyclables. Beyond that, it\u2019s just trees and natural unpaved land covered by grass. I asked the volunteers there when they usually gather together to sort recycling. The station is located in the mountains, and the volunteers are scattered across nearby villages, but they said they make a point of taking half a day out of their weekly schedule on Thursday afternoons to come to the station and sort recycling.<\/p><p>My first visit there happened to fall on a Thursday afternoon. Since everyone was around, I decided to take advantage of my visit to record the people and their work at the station. When I gathered everyone for a group picture, I was surprised to discover there were fewer than ten volunteers at the station. Though they are a small \u201cfamily,\u201d they have kept the station going for 16 years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9fe1473 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9fe1473\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c956dd3\" data-id=\"c956dd3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbf5f35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fbf5f35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221006\u53f0\u5357\u6771\u5c71\u5340\u6771\u539f\u74b0\u4fdd\u7ad9-D4s-\u9ec3\u7b71\u54f2224.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221006\u53f0\u5357\u6771\u5c71\u5340\u6771\u539f\u74b0\u4fdd\u7ad9-D4s-\u9ec3\u7b71\u54f2224.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221006\u53f0\u5357\u6771\u5c71\u5340\u6771\u539f\u74b0\u4fdd\u7ad9-D4s-\u9ec3\u7b71\u54f2224-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221006\u53f0\u5357\u6771\u5c71\u5340\u6771\u539f\u74b0\u4fdd\u7ad9-D4s-\u9ec3\u7b71\u54f2224-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221006\u53f0\u5357\u6771\u5c71\u5340\u6771\u539f\u74b0\u4fdd\u7ad9-D4s-\u9ec3\u7b71\u54f2224-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221006\u53f0\u5357\u6771\u5c71\u5340\u6771\u539f\u74b0\u4fdd\u7ad9-D4s-\u9ec3\u7b71\u54f2224-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3103860 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3103860\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Dongyuan Recycling Station doesn\u2019t have an address, nor are there any signs leading to it. You arrive after passing the shipping containers pictured here at a bend in a mountain path.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71f9d97 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"71f9d97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cd1c1f9 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cd1c1f9\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Though the volunteers have only half a day per week to sort the recycling brought to the station, I saw that a lot of recycling was already there for them to work on. The amount of recyclables collected by volunteers from various collection points every week is enough to fill several 3.5-ton trucks. Since there is so much work to do with so few people to do it, the volunteers have worked out a system for their time together. One week they might focus on removing rings from the necks of PET bottles, the next they sort recyclables of miscellaneous kinds, and so on. Each week has its particular focus for the team.<\/p><p>Volunteers usually arrive right after noon on a typical weekly recycling day. Then the female volunteers take their seats amidst piles of unsorted recycling and get to work, while male volunteers load sorted recyclables onto trucks. The sound of sorted items tossed on their respective piles rises and falls throughout the afternoon. The volunteers have great chemistry. An unspoken understanding, forged over years of working together, has allowed them to work seamlessly. I learned later that they all have experience working on farms. As I watched them work, I was reminded of seasoned farmers sorting harvested crops together, each working briskly but in great tandem as a whole. No words are needed to coordinate their efforts.<\/p><p>No matter the amount of recyclables, volunteers make sure they finish sorting everything before dusk. The limited space at the recycling station makes it impossible to store large quantities of recyclables there. So volunteers can\u2019t call it a day until they have transported the sorted recyclables down the mountain to recycling merchants.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e67041a elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e67041a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b78ff2b\" data-id=\"5b78ff2b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-568d5bb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"568d5bb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62102cab elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"62102cab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;justified&quot;,&quot;ideal_row_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:500,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;ideal_row_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:500,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;ideal_row_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:500,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221006\u53f0\u5357\u6771\u5c71\u5340\u6771\u539f\u74b0\u4fdd\u7ad9-D4s-\u9ec3\u7b71\u54f2130.jpg\" data-width=\"1440\" data-height=\"958\" alt=\"\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de219b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de219b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Despite Age and Physical Limitations<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79b1ee16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79b1ee16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you don\u2019t look closely, it is easy to miss her.<\/p><p>Wearing a bamboo hat, with a back bent 90 degrees as a result of osteoporosis and age-related degeneration, Luo You-hui (\u7f85\u5c24\u60e0) can appear invisible as she quietly works amidst the small mountains of recyclables at the station. It\u2019s difficult even to see her face. To do that, you have to bend lower than she does.<\/p><p>Luo, 90, is the oldest and most senior volunteer at the station. She started serving there as soon as it was set up 16 years ago. She is rarely absent on the weekly recycling day, even though she has to endure the aches and pains caused by the degeneration of her bones. With her badly curved spine, it is quite a challenge for her to stay seated for long stretches of time. She has to stand up from her stool every few minutes to give her aching back some relief before sitting back down and continuing her work. Despite her physical limitations and discomfort, the thought of quitting never crosses her mind. Her commitment comes from wanting to leave a better environment behind for future generations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f2c96fd elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f2c96fd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b93aec\" data-id=\"6b93aec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221130\u53f0\u5357\u6771\u5c71\u5340\u6771\u539f\u74b0\u4fdd\u7ad9\u4e4b\u74b0\u4fdd\u8eca\u56de\u6536\u8cc7\u6e90-D4s-\u9ec3\u7b71\u54f2154.jpg\" data-width=\"1440\" data-height=\"958\" alt=\"\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221130\u53f0\u5357\u6771\u5c71\u5340\u6771\u539f\u74b0\u4fdd\u7ad9\u4e4b\u74b0\u4fdd\u8eca\u56de\u6536\u8cc7\u6e90-D4s-\u9ec3\u7b71\u54f2313.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"all-3879b11f\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"2\" 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class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b1ab47e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b1ab47e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>A Covenant<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ef28c9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ef28c9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Six volunteers, working in pairs, are responsible for collecting recyclables from the collection points spread across various local villages and bringing them to the recycling station. The three pairs are Zheng Zong-zhi (\u912d\u5b97\u667a) and Zheng Qiu-yuan (\u912d\u79cb\u6e90), You Jing-hui (\u5c24\u666f\u8f1d) and You Ye Min (\u5c24\u8449\u654f), and Wang Chao-yong (\u738b\u8d85\u6c38) and Chen Su-juan (\u9673\u7d20\u5a1f). Each team attends to different districts and routes.<\/p><p>On the afternoon of November 30, 2022, I tagged along while Zheng Zong-zhi and Zheng Qiu-yuan were making one of their rounds together. Only then did I realize the uneasy task they had taken upon themselves. It\u2019s no piece of cake driving around winding, sinuous mountain roads making those collection trips, especially as the collection points are widely dispersed across a large area. They range from local residents\u2019 homes, fruit processing factories, to vehicle maintenance shops, and more. We even visited a temple\u2014the highest-elevation temple locally\u2014to pick up their recycling.<\/p><p>Dongshan District, where the recycling station is, is a major producer of fruit. For convenience\u2019s sake, many orchard farmers buy shop-sold beverages and bring them with them to drink when they go up into the mountains to work. Because of this practice, plastic bottles and Tetra Pak cartons account for the largest categories of recyclables among the items that volunteers collect. It is difficult to convince all the farmers to prepare their own drinking water instead of buying bottled beverages, so volunteers encourage them to recycle their bottles and cartons. This is at least better than throwing the containers away as garbage. Volunteers even provide large mesh bags into which the farmers can toss their bottles and cartons when they are empty. This helps prevent littering and serves to help the farmers make recycling a habit. In a way, the mesh bags are like a covenant between the volunteers and local residents to keep their homes cleaner.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ede14bc elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ede14bc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bae76d6\" data-id=\"bae76d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2154b0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2154b0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221130\u53f0\u5357\u6771\u5c71\u5340\u6771\u539f\u74b0\u4fdd\u7ad9-XPro1-\u9ec3\u7b71\u54f2020.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221130\u53f0\u5357\u6771\u5c71\u5340\u6771\u539f\u74b0\u4fdd\u7ad9-XPro1-\u9ec3\u7b71\u54f2020.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221130\u53f0\u5357\u6771\u5c71\u5340\u6771\u539f\u74b0\u4fdd\u7ad9-XPro1-\u9ec3\u7b71\u54f2020-300x300.jpg 300w, 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Qiu-yuan are relatives, and they work as a team to collect recyclables by truck.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6389eb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c6389eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b96cb5e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b96cb5e\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/20221130\u53f0\u5357\u6771\u5c71\u5340\u6771\u539f\u74b0\u4fdd\u7ad9-XPro1-\u9ec3\u7b71\u54f2017-\u4fee\u8eca\u724c-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed73ab9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed73ab9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Husband and wife You Jing-hui and You Ye Min are usually busy with farm work, but they still make time to collect recyclables for the recycling station.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c63d5e5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c63d5e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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Volunteers picked up their pace to finish their work for the day before it became dark. There remained only a small amount of recycling to be sorted.<\/p><p>All of a sudden, I noticed that Luo was gone, no longer at her seat in the sorting area. I looked around for her and saw her slowly making her way to her mobility scooter, nicknamed \u201cMercedes-Benz.\u201d When she reached the scooter, she held on to one of the armrests, then slowly straightened her badly curved spine until she stood tall. It was the first time I had seen her stand tall like that since we met. I was suddenly so moved. Noticing me looking at her, she smiled and said, \u201cNo worries. I\u2019m just aching a little. I\u2019ll be fine after a little rest.\u201d Even though she said she was fine, everyone knew she had said that because she didn\u2019t want others to worry about her. She was good at enduring pain.<\/p><p>As she stood beside her scooter, I caught her looking back at the recycling station, at everyone still working there. Her expression told me that despite her aches and pains, what she was most concerned about was still the recycling work at the station.<\/p><p>For 16 long years, Luo and her fellow volunteers have kept at their work, charting an unwavering course on their environmental mission. Limited manpower never holds them back, as they resolutely step up to the plate to help recycling be woven into the fabric of daily life. Standing side by side, they are working for a better future.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fd15de1 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fd15de1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-95424d6\" data-id=\"95424d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c194595 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c194595\" 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