Throughout the day Sok, Sopat and Kosal push their "finds" up a long winding hill towards the recycling center where the scraps are sold for profit. Some days, when the moon is full, they work well into the evening, "its cooler and the flies aren't as bad" says Sopat". Sok comments that the bulldozers stop at sunset, making it safer to work.

There have been no less than ten documented cases of children being buried alive under the rubbish by a dump truck dropping its load.