Refuse collectors help Italian woman recover binned €1m lottery ticket
An Italian woman successfully recovered a €1 million winning lottery ticket after it was accidentally discarded in the trash. Waste management workers in Puglia tracked the specific garbage truck and searched through mounds of refuse to locate the ticket.
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This human-interest story highlights the logistical capabilities of waste management services and the extreme lengths taken to rectify a life-changing mistake.
The instant win ticket was ‘miraculously still in one piece’ after it was found in a rubbish truck./Getty Images The instant win ticket was ‘miraculously still in one piece’ after it was found in a rubbish truck./Getty Images Italy Refuse collectors help Italian woman recover binned €1m lottery ticket Winner called waste management team after she realised stub showing she had hit the jackpot had been thrown away
Prefer the Guardian on Google A €1m lottery ticket has been recovered from the rubbish in Italy after the frantic winner called on refuse collectors to help her retrieve it, according to the waste management company.
The instant win ticket was “miraculously still in one piece” after garbage workers combed through mounds of rubbish on their truck, said Roberto Nicola Toscano, the administrator of the SANB company in Italy’s southern Puglia region.
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