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Americans throw away about 10% of the food they buy at the supermarket. This results is dumping the equivalent of more than 21 million shopping bags full of food into landfills every year. (EarthWorks Group. 1990. The Recycler’s Handbook. Berkeley, CA: The EarthWorks Press.)
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Ready Made Magazine Sparks a Smokin’ Controversy

Ready Made, owned by the Meredith Corporation, in it’s own words is “a bimonthly print magazine for people who like to make stuff, who see the flicker of invention in everyday objects-the perfectly round yolk in the mundane egg.”

It’s a creative magazine for the hip set who like to make things. Particularly, make things out [...]

Quick Fact

More than 20 million Hershey’s Kisses are wrapped each day, using 133 square miles of tinfoil. All that foil is recyclable.

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Beyond Recycling 101

We recently posted Recycling 101; the basics of recycling. This is part two for the more savvy recyclers out there. Before putting items in your town recycling bin be sure to check with them regarding any specific rules.

Here is a list of items that can be recycled and where to send them:

Plastic bottle caps
Many recycling [...]

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