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Men load recyclables into a van at a pop-up collection point in a residential area in Beijing, China, November 3, 2016. As authorities try to control Beijing's burgeoning population and capitalize on skyrocketing land prices, scrap collectors say they are being pushed out despite playing a vital role in China's unique recycling ecosystem. Working in the shadow of Beijing's looming skyscrapers, Yin Xueqiang weighs a pile of cardboard and old shoe rack in a dusty scrap yard, the latest casualty of a crackdown on migrant workers in China's capital. Last week, security guards blocked the road used by Yin and his fellow scrap collectorsto enter the yard. Signs posted by local authorities earlier this month had given the collectors 10 days to leave. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)
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