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Recycling on the Rock

Newfoundland becomes the last province to introduce a recycling program for bottles and cans.
Medium: Television
Program: Here & Now
Broadcast Date: Oct. 25, 1996
Reporter: Carmel Smyth
Duration: 2:02

Last updated: February 14, 2012

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