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Sao Paulo

More than 10 million people live in Sao Paulo and every day, they generate 14,000 tons of garbage. But Sao Paulo is undergoing a green revolution. Follow one aluminum can from the time it is picked up by one of the catadores (trash-pickers, who make their living from collecting recyclables) through pressing, melting, and re-melting, to the moment it is ready to become a new can.

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  • Originally Aired September 24, 2005
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Created June 22, 2018 by
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  • Modified June 22, 2018 by
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