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 Stories About: advice AND Ask Umbra AND business AND green living AND recycling
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Knob Appeal
On architectural salvage |
Umbra Fisk |
14 Sep 2005 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, We recently replaced the doorknobs in our place, so we have a fistful of old yet working doorknobs I'd hate to just toss. What to do with this and other perfectly good hardware? R.B.M. Arlington, Va. Dearest R.B.M., This answer goes out to you, but also to all your fellow home remodelers out there. One person's old doorknob is another's period-restoration item, as the adage goes. Don't knock it. You can, of course, try t ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, business, green living, recycling (all these topics) |
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The Paper Chase
On corporate paper recycling |
Umbra Fisk |
23 Apr 2002 |
Ask Umbra |
| I work for a large corporation that is very wasteful with paper. I am looking for information on whom I can complain to about this so that something will happen. They do not use recycled paper or require any recycling of paper. Beth Dearest Beth, Prepare yourself: The fate of reams of office paper is in your hands. You must be the defender of the discarded draft, the champion of the crumpled wad, the protector of the printer ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, business, education, green living, recycling, waste (all these topics) |
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