Last weekend, a special performance unfolded in Central San Rafael. The location was unusual: it's where collection bins full of waste, recycling and compost are brought.

The occasion was the 10th Annual Customer Appreciation Day at Marin Sanitary Service , featuring the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura ( Orquesta de Instrumentos Reciclados de Cateura ). The orchestra is a group of young musicians from an impoverished community in Paraguay located around a landfill, performing with musical instruments made entirely from trash salvaged from the landfill.

Their ensemble includes saxophones crafted from water pipes, bottle caps, and coins; violins fashioned from paint cans, pizza trays, and utensils; and a standup bass, created from an oil drum. The group's exploits were celebrated in th

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