Central Coast man earns house deposit by collecting 450,000 cans and bottles - ABC News (www.abc.net.au)

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This kind of tugs both ways at me, the extra work just to buy a house, the waste and rubbish from festivals and events.

Respect and happy for the guy as an individual, reinforces my dillusion at society generally i guess?

But over the course of seven years, he managed to collect about $46,000 worth.

His can and bottle money was enough for the 36-year-old to put down a deposit on a two-bedroom home on the NSW Central Coast last year.

While he holds down a permanent job during the week, Mr Gordon also volunteers at events like music festivals, where he collects thousands of cans and bottles at a time.

Some of these events like weddings and music festivals, they produce so much waste."

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[-] youngalfred@lemm.ee 40 points 2 weeks ago

It looks like it's framed as a 'good news' story, but:

Almost 40 yrs old
Works full time
Needed to spend 7 years working (presumably more) and collecting 450,000 cans
To be able to put a deposit on a two bedroom house on the central coast.

Like how is any of that good news?

[-] dumblederp@aussie.zone 18 points 2 weeks ago

He got enough money to turn off the orphan crushing machine for a moment.

[-] No1@aussie.zone 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Exactly! Jesus Christ, I thought this was a betoota article!

[-] galoisghost@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

The good news is he collected 450000 cans and didn’t drink 450000 beers

[-] BugKilla@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

These stories always feel like they're a propaganda piece by business to encourage people to work harder and to suffer through it as if there is some means to an end to it all. Your points exactly identify the fucking insanity of the whole situation.

I guess he did meet some bands though.