recycle

There was an old Chinese woman who would come to campus to collect all the empty pop cans that she could, and return them for the refund. About a month ago I noticed that locks had been installed onto all the recycle bins. Why would they do that? It seems so mean to me.

I know it's probably illegal, but why would anyone care? She was earning an income doing so and I am sure the recycle fees for pop cans was not an important source of income for the school! So why would they prevent her for gaining some extra money from it. I still see her sometimes. Not on campus though. I can tell by her eyes that she hates the authorities at school for taking away what might have been a meal to her ...