Episode
How Do They Do It?: Trash Collecting in Venice, Australian Sheepskin, Pond Algae
Overview
A look at how waste is collected in Venice, how Australia's famous sheepskin boots are made, and how pond algae is turned into a health supplement
Details
- Series
- How Do They Do It?
- Season
- Season 11
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 2014-06-26
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Trash Collecting in Venice, Australian Sheepskin, Pond Algae is Episode 7 in Season 11 of How Do They Do It?. It aired on 2014-06-26. The runtime is 22 min.
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