NEW CAL: Plan to recycle domestic rubbish

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Updated January 21, 2008 17:02:38

A city in New Caledonia has become one of the first communities in the Pacific to start recycling its domestic rubbish. The residents of Le Mont-Dore are separating their waste into different types to cut back on the amount being sent to landfills.

Presenter: Elsa Klockenbring

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