Indian River wants to curb misuse of blue recycling carts as trash cans
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Indian River wants to curb misuse of blue recycling carts as trash cans
About 400 recycling carts have been tagged throughout Indian River County for containing garbage and non-recyclable items.
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Penn Hills residents receiving new trash, recycling carts
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Amery continues to encourage county recycling options, News
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Indy DPW director: New trash bins are more efficient, hygenic
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Rich countries are illegally exporting plastic trash to poor countries, data suggests - InvestigateWest
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New trash carts coming Nov. 16, News for Fenton, Linden, Holly MI
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TIL that in most places in Switzerland, they won't collect trash that's not in special bags that are sold with a built-in fee. Recycling, however, is cheap or free. As a result
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Blue box recycling system - Wikipedia
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Regarding refuse: Logan seeks to educate residents on proper trash, recycling practices, Allaccess
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Indian River County Attempting to Stamp Out Recycling Cart Contamination – Sebastian Daily