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South Africa: Recycling struggling to gain momentum
South Africans' awareness of the need to recycle trash appears to be growing, but it's a relatively new phenomenon and still has long way to go. Looking through the eyes of a Johannesburg man operating a large tricycle to pick up households' recycled trash to sell it, IPS finds many obstacles that slow down this environmental effort.  Inter Press Service News Agency (12/13)