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World Service,7 mins

The world's most rubbish book collection

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Jose Alberto Gutierrez is a rubbish collector from Colombia who has a rather interesting collection of books. He's rescued thirty thousand of them from the trash cans of Bogota and he's created a special library for the local children. Dimitri O'Donnell has been to meet Jose and some of his customers. (Picture credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images.)

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