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Washington Cucurto Buenos Aires - Argentina

My cardboard books are original and affordable

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The publishing world is in crisis. To reduce the costs of producing books, this editor reached out to the many cartoneros, or scavengers, of Buenos Aires, offering them a premium for cardboard recovered from the streets.

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