Maybe the United American Society of Scrappers (UASS) can help him out?
“””He works as a scrapper, foraging in peoples garbage to collect cans, bottles and metal for recycling.””””
Whenever I bring scrap in I have to show an ID to get paid.
“He works as a scrapper, foraging in peoples garbage to collect cans, bottles and metal for recycling.”
In Texas (I looked it up), in order to sell scrap to a recycler, you have to have a photo ID...
http://www.scraplaws.com/scrap-laws-by-state.php?stateid=TX