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-Rubbish, refuse,

-call it what you like.

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-One thing's for certain,

-we produce too much of it.

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-We're now more aware

-of the importance of recycling.

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-We use blue bags...

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-..instead of black bags...

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-..which are buried in landfill

-sites, once known as rubbish tips.

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-We will meet some real characters

-among the bin men.

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-You have to be fit in this job.

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-You can either go one of two ways -

-you get fit or you get f....!

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-By law, every local authority

-has a recycling directive.

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-The target

-set by the Welsh Government...

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-..is for 52% of all refuse

-to be recycled by the coming year.

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-It's a great company.

-I've been here 12 years.

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-They've looked after me.

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-It's good.

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-That's why

-the bin man's job is so important.

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-In Carmarthen, CWM is the company

-whose responsibility is...

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-..to collect, sort and recycle

-rubbish in the south west...

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-..and reduce the amount

-that goes to the Nantycaws landfill.

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-I'm the only woman

-who works at the landfill.

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-All the other employees

-are boys and men.

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-99% of them are fine but you

-always get one who's unhappy.

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-They look after me. It's nice.

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-When was CWM established

-and what does the job entail?

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-The company was founded

-at the end of the 1990s...

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-..to take over

-the former site at Nantycaws.

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-I'm the manager, responsible for

-the day-to-day running of the place.

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-I'm the foreman. I make sure that

-the rubbish goes to the right place.

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-I make sure

-the right loads leave the site...

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-..and nobody's added

-the wrong items.

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-Lots of cardboard

-is exported to China.

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-There are 30 Polish men

-and six Lithuanians working here...

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-..and I supervise them all.

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-My name is Tomasz Zakowski

-and I come from Poland.

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-I live in Llanelli with my wife

-and 10-year-old daughter...

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-..who goes to Penygaer School where

-she's learning English and Welsh.

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-I've been working

-with CWM for four years.

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-I'm the picking line supervisor.

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-I like working here. It's

-a great company. The staff are fun.

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-Though the county council set it up,

-CWM is run as an independent firm.

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-John Rees was

-a county council senior officer...

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-..before he took on the role

-of running CWM.

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-The company

-employs 57 people at present.

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-Most of the staff...

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-..are based...

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-..at the four recycling plants.

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-Nantycaws, Trostre in Llanelli...

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-..Whitland and

-the Wern Ddu site in Ammanford.

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-We've come to the Wern Ddu tip.

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-We're tipping

-all the blue bags here...

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-..and a large artic

-will come later...

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-..to transport them

-to Johnstown.

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-Another lorry will fetch the food

-waste and take it to Nantycaws.

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-The council collects

-kerbside rubbish.

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-The blue bags are recycled,

-the black bags go to landfill...

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-..and the food and green waste

-is composted.

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-And there's plenty of it.

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-This year, we'll be very close...

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-..to recycling

-150,000 tonnes of rubbish...

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-..which comes from

-the private sector...

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-..as well as

-collections from the county.

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-This is

-the beginning of the process...

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-..where 15,000 tonnes of blue bags

-reach us in Carmarthen.

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-They go into this machine

-which shreds the bags.

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-The contents of these bags...

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-..includes paper...

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-..cardboard, cans...

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-..plastic,

-aluminium and steel cans.

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-All those items are allowed,

-but what we don't want to see...

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-..are things like pillows,

-babies' nappies...

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-..and foodstuffs that have rotted.

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-As a business,

-we try to encourage people...

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-..to wash and dry

-the contents of the bags...

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-..as it makes things

-easier for everybody.

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-This is what comes out of

-the machine's backside.

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-As you can see, the contents of

-the bags enters the first process...

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-..where the staff pick out

-the items that cannot be recycled.

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-Yes, this is our rubbish.

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-Once it's been sorted,

-it goes through the trommel.

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-This is a giant sieve

-with big holes...

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-..where plastic bottles

-and cans fall through.

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-Small paper and plastic items...

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-..pass through as well.

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-At the end of the sieve

-is a tunnel...

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-..leading to

-the ballistic separator.

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-It's a floor

-that moves back and forth.

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-It's like a sort of hill.

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-The paper and two-dimensional items

-creep to the top...

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-..and the three-dimensional items

-like cans and bottles...

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-..fall to the bottom.

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-The people of Carmarthenshire

-obviously work up a thirst!

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-Operating in the hall

-where the men work...

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-..sifting through the rubbish...

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-..are three belts.

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-The first line

-is for bottles and cans.

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-The steel gravitates to the magnet.

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-Once the steel has been sorted...

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-..aluminium is the only metal left.

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-The Eddy Current Separator...

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-..gets rid of the aluminium.

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-All this to dispose of our rubbish.

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-The third line

-is where the paper is sorted.

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-It's the most important line

-and requires 15 members of staff...

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-..to pick out

-whatever's in the paper...

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-..to make sure it's just paper that

-makes it to the end of the line.

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-And that's just the blue bags.

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-Back at the landfill site...

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-..black bags need to be buried...

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-..while food and green waste

-must be turned into compost.

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-It's like another world, with one

-machine condensing the rubbish...

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-..into a small cell in the ground.

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-It's no wonder the government

-wants to reduce landfill waste.

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-In amongst all the rubbish

-is machine driver, Rhodri Reynolds.

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-I'm pushing all the rubbish together

-to compact it into a hard mass...

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-..to make more room in the cell.

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-Hopefully,

-the cell will last for longer.

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-If people recycled more...

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-..there would be less rubbish.

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-Landfill sites don't last forever.

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-Reducing the amount of buried waste

-makes sense.

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-This type of material

-rarely rots in the ground.

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-This is a Bomag, a machine

-referred to as a compactor.

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-It has 300 horsepower.

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-It weighs 32 tons.

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-People can also bring

-their own waste to Nantycaws.

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-It's Darren Sanders' job

-to deal with them.

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-He sees some strange things.

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-I've been working here

-for just over two years.

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-It's good.

-You're out in all weathers.

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-If you like that sort of thing,

-of course.

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-I like being outdoors

-and I like driving machines.

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-Lots of people come here wanting to

-recycle, and they're happy to do it.

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-Often they've already sorted it.

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-But then you get trailers in

-that are filled with all kinds.

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-Grass at the bottom, then wood, then

-metal, a little bit of asbestos...

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-..which hasn't been bagged.

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-I have to sort through it all.

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-Round the corner, sir,

-by the electricals.

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-Someone came here

-with 20 sacks of dog poo.

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-I said,

-"How many dogs have you got, pal?"

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-"I'm a dog breeder." We can't

-take it because it's hazardous.

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-He wasn't happy leaving here.

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-This is household waste because

-it's made of different materials.

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-One man came in

-with car tyres one day.

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-You have to pay for car tyres.

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-He cut them, folded them up

-and turned them into planters.

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-He said,

-"Where can I put these flowerpots?"

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-I said,

-"You've got to pay for tyres."

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-"They're not tyres,

-they're flowerpots."

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-I said, "They're still tyres."

-He went berserk.

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-"I'm not paying to get rid

-of my bloody flowerpots."

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-People often try it on,

-but working in such a big place...

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-..Darren's feet

-could do with some tyres!

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-I bought a new phone

-with a pedometer.

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-I'd walked 12.5 miles one day.

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-And that wasn't even a busy day!

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-It is mostly men who work here...

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-..but behind every great man,

-there's a great woman, as they say.

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-This is a goldfish bowl.

-I see everything.

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-On an average day, roughly

-100 lorries come through here.

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-It can be very busy.

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-I weigh them when they come in

-and weigh them on their way out...

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-..so that we know

-their tare weight and net weight.

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-They have to pay...

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-..for every tonne of rubbish

-or whatever they're transporting.

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-Hello, Wyn.

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-Hello, Wyn.

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-Sue likes to go home at four.

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-On time. Don't you, Sue?

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-On time. Don't you, Sue?

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-Yes, four o'clock on the dot.

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-There we go. See you later.

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-There we go. See you later.

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-Great. Thanks. Ta-ra.

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-After work, I dress up...

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-..as Peppa Pig, Mickey Mouse...

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-..or Hello Kitty

-and do children's parties.

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-It's a bit of fun.

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-I enjoy it. It's nice.

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-Everyone deserves

-to have some fun after work.

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-But working with men all day

-and then children?

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-Hmm...!

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-The county council is responsible

-for kerbside collections...

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-..whether they are black bags

-or blue bags for recycling.

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-Come rain or shine,

-the men work in all weathers.

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-No one likes being in the rain.

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-The men are out in the rain -

-I'm lucky I'm in the van.

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-I've been out

-in all weathers in my time...

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-..but I stay dry now whereas

-the lads are out in snow and so on.

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-We work in the

-(BLEEP!)

-lot.

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-All weathers -

-rain, shine, snow, ice.

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-They've reduced my wages

-by 20 a week too.

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-They give us the clothes...

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-..but it's a sweaty job...

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-..and in an hour's time

-the lads will be soaking.

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-There you go -

-something for your tea.

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-Very nice!

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-VAN BEEPS

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-VAN BEEPS

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-You've hit the emergency stop.

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-They've done that on purpose.

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-Fair play, they deserve

-some fun on such a miserable day.

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-I prefer black bags.

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-There are fewer bags to collect

-but the blue bags have taken over.

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-There are far more blue bags

-than when we first started.

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-Another early start

-for the bin men.

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-The weather's better today

-and so are the lads' spirits.

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-These men work for the council...

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-..but the waste

-goes to the CWM company...

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-..that recycles as much of our waste

-as possible in south-west Wales.

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-There's more grass to collect

-in weather like this. You can't win.

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-We might find a few bodies

-in these bags!

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-Today,

-they're collecting blue bags...

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-..and the food waste caddies.

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-There are always more blue bags. The

-idea is for more people to recycle.

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-But if you look inside the bags...

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-..you'll find a few things

-that shouldn't be in there.

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-We're trying

-to educate the public...

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-..so that

-fewer black bags go to landfill.

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-These are in the wrong bags,

-so we leave these.

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-These aren't biodegradable bags.

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-Here's the correct bag.

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-Do you understand?

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-The public has to try

-and help Thomos John and me...

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-..otherwise we'll be leaving

-many more behind.

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-Good boy, Nev.

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-Good boy, Nev.

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-The stuff stinks too!

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-You tell them, lads.

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-Look how much food people waste.

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-Look at this woman over here.

-She comes out every week.

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-She wants a job with us.

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-This is what you call service

-with a smile and plenty of ribbing.

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-Which barber did you go to

-for me and Tom to know?

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-Who does your hair

-for me and Tom to do the same?

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-I do.

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-I do.

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-We'll have to call in with you.

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-OK.

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-And the lads

-are always ready to help.

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-They call this back-door collection.

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-The woman is disabled,

-so she can't bring the bags out...

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-..so we go round the back

-to fetch them.

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-Do you want a spoonful of this?

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-Collecting food waste

-is a relatively new concept.

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-It's not always pleasant work.

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-We have to put up with maggots

-and all kinds.

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-That should be in a bag

-so that it's cleaner for us...

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-..and cleaner for the people,

-but not everyone does it.

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-Tom has a weak stomach.

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-These eggs have gone to waste.

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-Nothing wrong with these.

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-We're like one big family

-rather than workmates on this lorry.

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-If my partner cuts himself,

-then I bleed.

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-That's how much

-these men mean to me.

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-Heavens above!

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-You're probably thinking,

-what happens to all that food waste?

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-This part of the site

-is the composting facility...

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-..where green waste is blended...

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-..with the food waste

-collected in Carmarthenshire.

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-Once it's been finely shredded...

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-..it's then blended...

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-..with the food waste and is heated

-in two large furnaces on site....

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-..to make sure it reaches

-a heat of 70 degrees Celsius...

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-..to kill the bacteria

-and viruses that are present.

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-It's then transported to windrows...

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-..where it's left to rot

-for two to three months.

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-The windrows are turned

-at least once a week.

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-Sometimes the waste...

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-..emits a nasty smell...

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-..when we turn the compost,

-especially in the morning.

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-The compost itself radiates heat...

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-..and gives off steam.

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-We often receive complaints...

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-..about the smells

-emanating from the compost...

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-..rather than

-the landfill site itself.

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-At the end of this process...

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-..we produce about

-9,000 tonnes of compost a year.

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-We utilize the majority of it...

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-..to plough back into

-the landfill site.

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-As a company,

-we've marketed the best of it...

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-..as Merlin's Magic Compost.

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-It's been

-a very successful exercise.

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-Giving waste a new life -

-recycling at its best!

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-Welcome to you all to the CWM

-Recycling Centre in Carmarthen.

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-Educating the public

-is an important part of CWM's work.

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-Schools, Merched Y Wawr....

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-..and other institutions

-visit the site.

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-Today, Andrew welcomes visitors

-from Bancyfelin.

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-The one thing that surprises people

-is how much waste we produce.

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-How many tonnes of paper

-do you think is there?

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-I'd say there's about 50-60 tonnes.

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-We receive

-a lot of waste paper in a week.

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-There are two types of cardboard -

-this one is corrugated.

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-There are long fibres in there.

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-Each time the cardboard is recycled,

-they get smaller and smaller.

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-This can be recycled 10 times.

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-Those are the aluminium cages.

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-Are you going to crush them?

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-Are you going to crush them?

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-Yes.

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-Two full cages make one bale.

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-How many aluminium cans do you think

-are contained in one of those cages?

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-A thousand?

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-A thousand?

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-Thousands.

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-Thousands and thousands, probably.

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-30,000 cans...

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-..in one bale.

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-One bale weighs around half a ton.

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-In the near future...

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-..the CWM company will have to sort

-and recycle waste from black bags...

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-..that are usually buried.

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-This involves spending money.

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-We're at the site...

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-..where we intend building

-a gigantic shed...

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-..to house the rubbish...

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-..that is brought to the site.

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-The law is going to change

-in the near future...

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-..preventing waste

-from being buried in landfill...

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-..until we've sifted through items

-that can be recycled.

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-The first phase of the shed...

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-..will take up about 45 metres

-by 50 metres of land.

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-It's a considerable size.

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-That's the first phase

-of building work.

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-We're hoping to expand

-in the coming years...

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-..due to the extra work

-the company will have to deal with.

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-Though it is a profit-making

-company, some of that profit...

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-..is ploughed back

-into communities...

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-..so that people realize

-that it pays to recycle.

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-Children and young people

-benefited in this area.

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-There was nowhere for

-the children of Bancyfelin to play.

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-We started raising funds

-and one of the biggest sponsors...

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-..was the CWM company.

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-Everybody has benefited...

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-..from the money

-we received from CWM Environmental.

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-Hooray!

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-Back at the landfill site...

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-..something precious has been

-created from the old rubbish tip.

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-We've reached

-a part of the site...

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-..where gases that are emitted...

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-..from the decaying contents

-of the landfill...

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-..are producing methane.

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-Instead of escaping, the gases

-are sucked from the landfill...

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-..and deposited here

-where these two huge engines...

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-..produce enough electricity

-to power at least 2,000 homes.

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-These two engines will continue

-for another 10 years...

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-..after the site's closure.

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-Back to the bin men on the street...

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-..and humour

-is an essential part of the job...

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-..as is sharing a few secrets

-about the contents of certain bags.

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-We have a lot of fun but

-we make sure the job's done first.

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-That's the most important thing.

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-That's better.

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-That's better.

-

-You lot carry on and fetch me later.

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-It's made my head itch!

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-It's made my head itch!

-

-Look, Nev, there's a tiger here.

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-Awful things fall out of some bags.

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-Personal things that women use.

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-Women's toys,

-if you know what I mean.

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-Tom has taken a few devices home.

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-Some of them could cut concrete -

-that's how big they were...

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-..for you to have some idea.

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-I could never show you

-the homes they came from...

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-..because one or two of them

-are ministers' wives.

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-If you say so!

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-What does the future hold?

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-When I started this job...

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-..the money the company was making

-from the landfill site...

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-..helped the recycling facility.

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-It's the complete opposite now -

-the recycling...

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-..is financially supporting

-the landfill.

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-Until society brings about change...

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-..for this region's landfill site...

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-..it will continue.

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