They came to America with nothing but they made a fortune by working hard, now they own a company doing recycling. The company employs hundreds of people and also their business is good for environment(less trash at landfills).
The only possible problem is they use standard electricity generated mostly by natural gas(they are in California) at the sorting plant, and their trucks are possibly use diesel.
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David Duong's family had to be rescued at sea after fleeing Vietnam in a small boat at the end of the war. After time in a refugee camp, they arrived in the United States in 1979 with no possessions other than the vision to find opportunity where other people could see only trash. Now, the family recycling business in California is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, employs hundreds of people, and is investing back in Vietnam.
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It is a huge evolution for a company that began when Duong's new immigrant family desperately needed work and money and started picking up cardboard on the streets of nearby San Francisco. They sorted recyclables out of trash by hand and sold them to be turned into boxes, cans and other products.
Duong's father scraped together a $700 down payment on a used truck. But as a new arrival with no credit history, he had trouble borrowing the rest of the money for the truck. David Duong says his dad "Went to Chinatown to a Chinese church and asked for help. And people know us and they help us ...so we can go around and pick up recyclable material and sell, and that's how we started."
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It is also good for the environment, according to Chief Operating Officer Joel Corona who says the goal is to send "zero waste" to California's landfills.
http://www.voanews.com/content/vietnames...ry/3339244.html
The only possible problem is they use standard electricity generated mostly by natural gas(they are in California) at the sorting plant, and their trucks are possibly use diesel.
Originally Posted By: voanews.com
David Duong's family had to be rescued at sea after fleeing Vietnam in a small boat at the end of the war. After time in a refugee camp, they arrived in the United States in 1979 with no possessions other than the vision to find opportunity where other people could see only trash. Now, the family recycling business in California is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, employs hundreds of people, and is investing back in Vietnam.
Originally Posted By: voanews.com
It is a huge evolution for a company that began when Duong's new immigrant family desperately needed work and money and started picking up cardboard on the streets of nearby San Francisco. They sorted recyclables out of trash by hand and sold them to be turned into boxes, cans and other products.
Duong's father scraped together a $700 down payment on a used truck. But as a new arrival with no credit history, he had trouble borrowing the rest of the money for the truck. David Duong says his dad "Went to Chinatown to a Chinese church and asked for help. And people know us and they help us ...so we can go around and pick up recyclable material and sell, and that's how we started."
Originally Posted By: voanews.com
It is also good for the environment, according to Chief Operating Officer Joel Corona who says the goal is to send "zero waste" to California's landfills.
http://www.voanews.com/content/vietnames...ry/3339244.html
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