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Beyond the Pail
Dealing with big-city garbage is big business for small towns |
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13 Jul 2005 |
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| Beyond the Pail Dealing with big-city garbage is big business for small towns As landfills top off and shut down near big U.S. cities, taking in the trash is becoming a profitable enterprise for smaller towns hundreds of miles away from metropolises. Despite local concerns that landfills may cause long-term environmental problems, trash-industry execs insist communities are taking few risks when they ... |
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