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Fonthill Nurdles is asking Pelham to help recycle gift cards. The First Lego League Robotics team from St. Alexander’s Catholic School, as part of a provincial competition, chose the disposal of gift cards as a trash problem to solve. Student members told town council Monday more than 10 billion gift cards are produced in North America and 34 million kilograms end up in landfills where they release toxic polyvinyl chloride (PVC) into the environment.