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The frightful waste your pumpkins leave behind!

Newstalk Breakfast

Show Notes

Many people will be getting festive and spooking up their homes with a few pumpkin carvings. But despite your “gourd” intentions, environmentalists are warning that the real fright is the waste you leave behind. Speaking to Anton was Tad Kirakowski, CEO Voice Of Irish Concern for the Environment.

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