More importantly, they keep acquiring stuff that cannot be consumed and never rots or rusts: plastic toys, metal garden furniture, porcelain knick-knacks.

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She suggests using metal, not plastic or rubber, toys and trinkets.

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Ms. BORDON-BILLIOT: It's just piles of metal and cars and tires and tractors, kid's toys, pieces of plastic.

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