123: the ultimate in recycling

Today, a tale of resourcefulness, ingenuity and determination. It's a photo-journalism piece from BBC online (I do like these - they are so effective and help you feel more 'connected' to the story). It documents the day-to-day working lives of Nigeria's electronics repair men, who tackle everything from a broken mobile phone through to an aging CD player - and resurrect them for their owners. Others import second-hand goods from abroad, often from Japan, and then recondition them for sale. For those involved in this trade, the skills are self-taught but the wages are decent for most (by Nigerian standards) - and it's the ultimate in recycling, I guess.