Money wasted on ‘assistant mayor’

A selective recycling system
RENO — From the manufacture, to the store, to the consumer and to the recycling center, everyday products go through a long process before the containers that carry consumable goods can be reused.

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Plastic recycling body slams report advising countries to landfill PET bottles
SRI Consulting’s (SRIC’s) report, ‘PET’s Carbon Footprint: To Recycle or not to Recycle’, evaluated the carbon footprint of PET and recycled PET (rPET) bottles across their lifecycle, concluding that landfill was a lower-carbon option to recycling and incineration for some developing countries, as well as parts of the US and UK.

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ANN ARBOR: RecycleBank offers incentives for more city recycling
Masaki Hada was one of a large group of Ann Arbor children who made a bank out of recycled items, tasted local food from RecycleBank partners, and learned more about the new incentive program to encourage increased recycling in the city.

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Panel targets single-use plastics
A special panel in Madison is looking at ways to reduce the amount plastic packaging that ends up in Wisconsin landfills.

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Money wasted on ‘assistant mayor’
I am writing to express my concerns over the reincarnation of John Barrett as a consultant to the mayor of the city of Pittsfield.

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