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title: In Turkmenistan
date: 2009-11-13T22:54:40Z
modified: 2009-11-13T22:54:40Z
permalink: "https://350.org/turkmenistan/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: "Where young people spent the day collecting trash from the mountains--that's what in those plastic bags!"
wpid: 13889
author: Bill McKibben
---

Where young people spent the day collecting trash from the mountains–that’s what in those plastic bags!

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