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 Stories About: recycling
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Paper Chase
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Josh Sevin |
02 Feb 2000 |
Counter Culture |
| a 50 percent increase in worldwide paper consumption is expected by 2010 115 billion sheets of paper are used annually for personal computers 700 pounds of paper are consumed by the average American each year 10,000 trees are cut down annually in China to make holiday cards 3 cubic yards of landfill space can be saved by one ton of recycled paper 77 percent of paper is recycled in the Netherlands 67 percent of paper is recycled in Germany 52 percent of paper ... |
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| Topics: China, Germany, green living, Japan, Netherlands, recycling, United States (all these topics) |
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Hello, Enviro Kitty
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Suzy Becker |
13 Dec 1999 |
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| Topics: green living, recycling (all these topics) |
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Ten Hail Marys and an Old Coke Can
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Suzy Becker |
07 Sep 1999 |
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| Topics: green living, recycling (all these topics) |
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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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Kitty Litter
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Suzy Becker |
21 Apr 1999 |
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| Topics: green living, recycling (all these topics) |
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