I traded old newspapers for toilet paper. - English example sentence

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Selena777 September 4, 2015 September 4, 2015 at 2:08:45 PM UTC

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Did you mean, the papers would be used for recycling or "as is"?

CK September 4, 2015, edited September 4, 2015 September 4, 2015 at 2:20:18 PM UTC, edited September 4, 2015 at 2:52:24 PM UTC

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The Japanese sentence is the original.

This is no longer done in Japan, but there used to be trucks that would drive around, collecting old newspapers for recycling. In exchange for your pile of old newspapers they would give you a couple of rolls of toilet paper.

Selena777 September 5, 2015 September 5, 2015 at 8:27:31 AM UTC

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Thanks, that's interesting.