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I turn milk bottles INTO TOYS

Watching as my boys, Teddy, three, and Jack, one, played with their toys on our lounge room floor, my heart sank.

Gone were the days of lovingly-crafted wooden toys that were passed down from generation to generation.

It’s all made from plastic, I realised, and that didn’t include the packaging or the plastic tubs that we stored them in. Not to mention they had such a short lifespan before breaking.

Where is all this plastic going to end up? I wondered.

I knew the answer

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