Why this retired P.E.I. fisherman can't stop picking up bottles and cans

Published on Apr. 30, 2021, 3:18 PM

Bobby Henderson has turned his walking habit into food for children in Zambia

Retired fisherman Bobby Henderson is helping a faraway Habitat for Humanity project by picking up bottles and cans from ditches and roadsides near his western P.E.I. community of Northport.

He's collected over 8,000 since March, not counting the ones other people bring him to redeem for cash through Prince Edward Island's Beverage Container Program, designed to discourage littering.

CBC video producer Danny Arsenault caught up with him this week to find out what drives him. Click on the above link to find out more.

This story was originally published for CBC News.