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    Meet Australia’s WASTE QUEEN!

    Jul 21, 2021 3 minutes
    AS TOLD TO ASTHA GUPTA

    Veena Sahajwalla, Sydney, NSW

    Walking with my mum, Indira, in Mumbai, India, I watched people repairing shoes and fixing discarded radios.

    Aged six, I was fascinated.

    ‘Everything has potential,’ Mum explained to me. ‘Nothing is a waste.’

    I’d just learnt my first lesson in recycling, and I took it to heart.

    We wore hand-me-down clothes and shared furniture around the family. So I kept my toys and clothes for my brother, who was only one.

    Collecting leftover medicine bottles,

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