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World Service,07 Apr 1999,4 mins

Getting Rid of Tokyo's Rubbish

My Century

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"Collection workers do morning exercises to prevent back injury, because they have to pick up heavy waste every day." Ayami Matsumoto is responsible for disposing of the four million tonnes of rubbish generated by the citizens of the Japanese capital, Tokyo every year.

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