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Treasures in the trash: the amazing things New Yorkers throw away

Guardian Podcasts · UK · Documentary · 3 min · 288K views

Sanitation worker Nelson Molina guides us through his museum of thousands of objects New Yorkers threw away, rescued and displayed in an East Harlem garage.

A delightful look at a garbage man who turned three decades of discarded objects into a secret museum.

The second floor of a Department of Sanitation garage in East Harlem is home to thousands of objects New Yorkers have thrown away over the last three decades. The items were found in the trash, but look nothing like garb

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