Brazil. Sao Paulo state. Sao Paulo. Downtown. Town center. Traffic on a street. Public buses, vans, cars, a man on a bicycle, people walking. A man pulls a cart full of collected cardboard. The "catadores" are men who collect paper, metals, bottles ... in order to sell these items as recycled materials and make a living. Waste collector. Brasil flags. Statue of a man with a sword on a horse. © 1994 Didier Ruef..