No doubt that metal recycling is one of the dirtiest jobs in the world. You work so hard, yet you earn just a few. Hong Kong as a well-developed city, metal recycling industry still exists. It is another proof that Hong Kong is not at wealthy as you thought. Disparity is actually quite extreme here.

The process of metal recycling can be simplified into these:

1. Buying／Collecting metal waste to convert into usable metal forms.
2. Manufacturers purchase the metal to make a product.
3. Companies and consumers purchase the product.
4. The process begins again.

無可否認，廢鐵回收是全世界最低下層的工作之一。廢鐵回收工作者每日工作十多小時，但收入卻遠遠不成正比。而香港是公認的國際城市，但其實廢鐵回收仍然活躍於香港，這又是一例子證明香港的貧富懸殊仍是十分嚴重。

而廢鐵回收的過程大概是如下：

1. 回收商以賤價購買或回收廢鐵
2. 製造商向回收商購買廢鐵以變為有用的產品
3. 消費者購買這些產品
4. 這個循環再次開始

Situation at metal recycling industry in Hong Kong is terribly deteriorating. It is possible due to the economic doom in China. China as a developing country, the declining global economy hugely impact the export of manufactured products. The demand of “Made in China” is sinking, that is why the volume of raw material is depreciating as well. Simply you can say China does not need the import of metal waste from Hong Kong. So where can the metal waste go next?

香港的廢鐵回收行業愈趨式微，最重要的原因是來自中國大陸的經濟低迷。中國作為一個發展中的工業大國，全球經濟放緩大大令中國出口減少。市場根本不用這麼多的「中國製造」，所以自自然然原料的需求也需要減少。簡單來說，中國現在不需要香港的廢鐵回收。那麼，香港的廢鐵回收業的下一個出路可會是什麼呢？