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Making sand from glass right way to go

Monday 3 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

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Making sand from glass right way to go
Sand mines sometimes cause an additional problem with people dumping rubbish in the holes. This photo was taken at Betela in 2012. 12012780

After Papa Williams’ letter offering an outside of the square solution for sand mining in Rarotonga, I was poised to write to remind your readers and the leaders of various ministries of an alternative to using our discarded and ever-increasing pile of empty glass bottles as the waste fill in the big holes now being dug across the island.

After Papa Williams’ letter offering an outside of the square solution for sand mining in Rarotonga, I was poised to write to remind your readers and the leaders of various ministries of an alternative to using our discarded and ever-increasing pile of empty glass bottles as the waste fill in the big holes now being dug across the island.


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