Bottle gatherers hit by Olympics

June 20, 2008

Homeless people in Beijing who collect plastic drinks bottles for cash say pre-Games cleaning is wrecking their livelihood. Many of the Chinese capital's homeless have been able to earn enough to feed themselves by gathering plastic drinks bottles in Tiananmen Square and selling them on. But the impending Olympics has led to a big clean-up, both of litter, and of those labelled 'problematic residents'.