Archive for June, 2008
Recycling benefits being realised: Bray - Fiji Times
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Update: 4:52PM Organisations around the nation are slowly realising the benefits of recycling waste to the environment, says Waste recyclers (Fiji) general manager Peter Bray. Mr Bray said it was a challenge to convince people in Fiji not to burn or …
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Authority expands recycling options - Royal Oak Daily Tribune
Monday, June 30th, 2008Authority expands recycling optionsRoyal Oak Daily Tribune, MI - 3 hours agoStarting today, green and blue wine bottles and containers used for milk, ice cream, juice boxes and orange juice can be put in curbside recycling bins in …
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Authority expands recycling options - Daily Tribune
Monday, June 30th, 2008Diligent recyclers in 12 cities no longer have to make special trips to the trash consortium drop-off center in Troy to keep their colored glass and cartons out of the landfill. Starting today, green and blue wine bottles and containers used for milk …
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New laws go into effect July 1 in Georgia - WTOC
Monday, June 30th, 2008New laws go into effect July 1 in GeorgiaWTOC, GA - 4 hours agoYou can now buy wine by phone or internet and if you go out to eat and buy wine, you can take half-finished wine bottles home from restaurants. …
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Top spot for a heavenly drop - Sydney Morning Herald
Monday, June 30th, 2008Sydney Morning Herald
Top spot for a heavenly dropSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 1 hour agoInside it looks like a converted fortress dungeon, albeit one brimming with wine bottles. It was formerly used as an artillery room and it still has that …
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Private photos for my favourites - guardian.co.uk
Monday, June 30th, 2008Private photos for my favouritesguardian.co.uk, UK - 3 hours agoWine bottles with screw tops. I don’t want to like them. But when you’re opening the second bottle they’re great aren’t they? So that’s what does it for me. …
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News & Notes - Modesto Bee
Monday, June 30th, 2008Talent uncorked Today’s the last day to catch the “Bottleography” exhibit at Mistlin Gallery, 1015 J St. Nearly 100 wine bottles decorated by Modesto-area artists have been on display all month and were sold in a silent auction June 19, with proceeds …
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Volunteers tackle beach cleanup - Traverse City Record-Eagle
Sunday, June 29th, 2008TRAVERSE CITY — A half-dozen red and white dive flags bobbed in West Grand Traverse Bay as Mark Leugers counted out loud while he and wife Lori collected cigarette butts and other trash on the beach. Leugers’ Saturday morning was going pretty well …
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Beck Street secrets - Columbus Dispatch
Sunday, June 29th, 2008Jacquie Mahan pauses near the end of the tunnel that links her Beck Street home to the garage. The view of this backyard from the master bedroom offers no hint of the tunnel that lurks just below the surface. The story seems to get juicier with every …
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Why July Fourth is a holiday - New Orleans Times-Picayune Blogs
Sunday, June 29th, 2008When in the course of human events — such as the one and only July Fourth this year — it becomes necessary to celebrate a three-day weekend, the people of this nation should pause and think about this: There would be no Independence Day if it weren …
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