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 Stories About: Alaska AND recycling AND waste
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A Rind is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Alaskan finds gold mine in trash |
Elizabeth Manning |
10 Jun 1999 |
Main Dish |
| John Dean is never still when he's at his composting and recycling facility, tucked behind the airport in Anchorage, Alaska. Dressed in his usual baseball cap and a T-shirt that reads "Compost -- Because a Rind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste," Dean splits his days between the seat of a backhoe and his mobile-home office. One minute he's loading chocolate-brown compost into a customer's ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, recycling, waste (all these topics) |
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