City Council Speaker Quinn Explains New Recycling Laws
A sweeping overhaul of New York City’s 21-year-old recycling program was passed into law earlier this week. Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed 11 bills that are intended to expand what is recycled in the city, hold city agencies responsible for their own recycling habits, find out how much waste businesses are generating and how well they’re recycling. The city’s recycling program is already …
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Solid waste department hurts as some haul off-island
Rumor has it some folks are hauling waste to Skagit County because dumping there is so much cheaper. After all, your momma told you you’d better shop around. However, shopping out of county for the cheapest garbage disposal is illegal, according to county prosecutor Randy Gaylord.
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Ubergizmo and Verizon Wireless Bring Eco-Action to Digital Summer 2010
WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ — Verizon Wireless and Ubergizmo invite attendees to go ‘green’ and help curb domestic violence in the community at Digital Summer 2010. Digital Summer 2010 will bring together the most international, professional and glamorous crowd in San Francisco to celebrate photography, fashion, art and technology. Guests attending the event on Wednesday, August …
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