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Natural Perspectives: Rainbow isn't stealing our gold
Some people in town are upset because our trash collection fees may go up.
Like other homeowners, Vic and I got the notice that the city of Huntington Beach is proposing to raise the residential trash collection fees. Vic thought the proposed fee...Tags: Human Interest, Energy Resources, Politics, Prices, California
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All Delray Beach contracts should go out to bid, officials say
In keeping up with campaign promises, several Delray Beach city officials are going after city contracts they say were awarded without proper bidding. At Tuesday's workshop meeting, a majority of City Commissioners agreed to revisit two contracts that...Tags: Waste, Government, Environmental Issues, Petrolia Incorporated, Waste Management Incorporated
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Press 7 for stinky: Landfill establishes odor hotline
With the rainy season just weeks away, Deerfield Beach's most dubious neighbor is taking a proactive approach. The Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park sent a glossy mailing to between 12,000 and 15,000 households surrounding the 500-acre landfill...Tags: Alternative Energy, Waste, Broward County, Environmental Issues, Waste Management Incorporated
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Oak Park composting program goes village-wide
One Oak Park resident reported not knowing how much food the family threw away until joining the village's pilot food-waste and soiled-paper collection that started last April. One woman said her family now throws out only one bag of garbage each month....Tags: Waste, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Waste Management Incorporated, Local Government
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Eastern Shore wind project confronts eagles, Navy
A wind power project proposed on the lower Eastern Shore that's struggling to overcome objections from the Navy has a new, airborne worry — bald eagles. Federal wildlife biologists say the population of the once-rare national bird has grown so...
Tags: Wildlife, Somerset County (Maryland), Crime, Law and Justice, Endangered Species, Conservation
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Shredder gets its fill
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- If you remembered to participate, Wednesday's "Clean Your Files Day" in South Bend was an opportunity to get rid of unwanted paper documents. The annual Clean Your Files Day was held downtown adjacent to the former College Football Hall of...Tags: Waste, Environmental Issues, Waste Management Incorporated
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Waste Management awarding cleanup grant
Waste Management of Western Pennsylvania is to award the Alternative Community Resource Program a Waste Management Think Green Grant. The grant was established to encourage solutions to improve community environments through hands-on participation and...Tags: Waste, Environmental Issues, Waste Management Incorporated
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Students hear from a robot and Hagerstown city officials about the importance of recycling
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comCycler the recycle robot met with students at Pangborn Elementary School on Monday in the University Plaza in downtown Hagerstown for the City of Hagerstown Earth Day Celebration that featured Mayor David S. Gysberts, Barbara Ingram School for the Arts...Tags: University System of Maryland, Elementary Schools, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Waste Management Incorporated, Teaching and Learning
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Pastora San Juan Cafferty, 1940-2013
Pastora San Juan Cafferty, a native of Cuba, was a leading scholar and researcher on race and ethnicity at the University of Chicago as well as a leader in Chicago's Hispanic community. "Pastora tirelessly helped weave connections between the University...
Tags: Gold Coast, Waste Management Incorporated, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Rush University, Waste
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Vista Latina: El Centro native recognized for green energy work
Staff Writer, Copy EditorAs a child growing up in El Centro, Humberto Rincon often had to make do with the everyday items for entertainment. Sometimes that meant making his own toys. By the time he was 17 years old, his natural curiosity and love for “tinkering with...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Energy Saving, University of California, Davis, Technology, Social Issues
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Yard waste and bulk curbside pickup in Upper Macungie Township
Upper Macungie Township residents may put out yard waste for curbside pickup May 15. Yard waste may also be dropped off at the township yard waste site, located on Grim Road at the intersection of Schantz Road and the township Public Works garage,...Tags: Waste, Environmental Issues, Waste Management Incorporated, Macungie
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Flooding tales from Chicagoland
Lisle evacuations left no one behind Lisle was hit hard by the floods, and by late afternoon, busloads of people were evacuated from their homes to a Red Cross emergency shelter at Benedictine University. Red Cross manager Joe Dillett said the shelter...
Tags: Personal Service, North Park, Waste, American Red Cross, Lake County (Illinois)
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