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 Stories About: energy AND green living AND placemaking AND recycling
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A Real Earth Mother
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Suzy Becker |
06 May 2002 |
Ha. |
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| Topics: energy, green living, placemaking, recycling (all these topics) |
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Burning Rubber
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Todd Hettenbach |
13 Oct 2000 |
Counter Culture |
| 6.5 million -- number of tires recalled this year by Bridgestone/Firestone 270 million -- number of scrap tires generated in the U.S. in 1998 500 million -- number of scrap tires currently in U.S. stockpiles 35 -- number of U.S. states that ban whole tires from landfills 59 -- number of tire fires in the U.S. between 1996 and 1998 14 million -- number of tires consumed in a 1990 tire fire in Hagersville, Ontario, the largest tire fire in history, whi ... |
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| Topics: energy, green living, placemaking, recycling, United States (all these topics) |
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