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People have different ideas about what can be classified as rubbish

Bikes and Other Junk at Seagull Centre recycling centre, NZ.

There are many ways that a person’s rubbish can become a useful item to someone else. Recycling centres, garage sales, second-hand shops and online sales of unwanted goods enable some items to carry on being useful and valued by someone else.  

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