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Informal Garbage Collection – Egypt’s Zabaleen
This post is part of our series exploring the ways people and communities reuse, recycle and dispose of waste around the world. - – - For decades the Zabaleen*, the regional garbage collectors, have...
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San Francisco Finds a New Landfill?
Image credit: Wikimedia Commons By 2015, San Francisco officials are hoping to send waste to a landfill in Yuba County, near the town of Wheatland, CA. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the...
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Assorted Links
An op-ed has some interesting math lessons for locavores. Sanford, Maine implemented a trash-metering system and residents reduced trash thrown away by 50%. The folks at Walk Score have released...
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Berkeley Might End Curbside Recycling Program
(Image credit – City of Berkeley) - – - On Tuesday evening, March Berkeley City Council heard an analysis of the recycling program managed by the Ecology Center. According to East Bay Express, The...
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MRF (Rhymes With Smurf)
This post is part of our definitions series on “eco-lingo” and technical terms. - – - (Image credit: Wikimedia Commons) - – - A MRF is a Materials Recovery Facility, a Materials Recycling Facility, or...
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Putrescible Waste
This post is part of our definitions series on “eco-lingo” and technical terms. - – - (Image credit: Wikimedia Commons) Putrescible waste is “solid waste that contains organic matter capable of being...
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