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  • ECONOMICS

    The crash of the can market

    • Julian Butler
    • 18 February 2009
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    Some of the soup van's clients collect cans to sell to a scrap dealer. The work supplements their welfare income and provides a sense of fulfillment. Since the global market crash business has been slow: 'China doesn't want aluminium now.'

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