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| Collecting Used Christmas Cards |
| Tuesday, December 28, 2010 |
| We are collecting your
used Christmas cards for St. Jude Children Hospital again this year. We
will be collecting cards in the MSD Administration Office until January
7th. Thank you. |
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| Christmas Tree Recycling |
| Thursday, December 23, 2010 |
| The Muncie Parks Department will be taking Christmas trees again this
year, to be recycled. You can drop off your used Christmas trees at the
following locations: Heekin Park, Westside Park and McCulloch Park. The
trees can be dropped off within the orange fences at these parks, at any
time, until January 10th. After January 10th the
Parks Department |
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| Minn. Company Offers Gift Cards Made from Recycled Jugs |
| Thursday, December 2, 2010 |
| Nov. 22 -- In time for the holiday shopping season, a Minnesota company
is offering a new gift card made from recycled milk jugs.
The company, IGH Solutions, offers prepaid cards and gift cards. The new
product, the Nattera Milkweed gift card, is made from 30% post-consumer
recycled content, sourced from used milk jugs.
"Turning milk jugs into |
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| Ford to Use Recycled Denim as Soundproofing in Focus |
| Thursday, December 2, 2010 |
| Nov. 30 -- Old blue jeans are getting a second life in new cars. The Ford Motor Co. is using recycled denim as soundproofing material in the 2012 Ford Focus.
"Ford is continually looking for greener alternatives," said Carrie
Majeske, product sustainability manager. "One of our key goals is to use
more recycled or renewable materials without |
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| Used Starbucks Cups Can Be Recycled into New Ones |
| Thursday, December 2, 2010 |
| Nov. 30 -- A recently completed pilot project shows that used Starbucks
paper cups can be recycled into new paper cups, the coffee company said.
The project, which included International Paper and Mississippi River
Pulp LLC, brings Starbucks closer to its goal of ensuring that all of
its cups are reusable or recyclable by 2015, the company said.
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| White River Clean-Up 2010 Video! |
| Friday, November 12, 2010 |
Watch the newest video highlighting years of service dedicated to the cleaning and beautification of the White River. This year alone we pulled out 13 tons of trash (that's over 26,000 lbs.) with close to 300 volunteers!
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| Carpet Cleaning Enviromental Impacts and Disposal Options |
| Wednesday, October 13, 2010 |
Carpet Cleaning becomes an environmental concern when the wastewater and solid waste generated from the cleaning process are discharged inappropiately into storm sewers, streets, septic systems, or directly onto the ground. The enviromental concern is the greatest when the carpet cleaning wastewater contains toxic cleaning chemicals. |
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| What To Do With Your Leaves |
| Monday, October 11, 2010 |
| I would like to take this opportunity to remind citizens not to blow or rake their leaves or grass clippings to the street. This creates sewer issues for residents that could result in flooding of the streets and/or houses. What we would ask is that if you see that your inlet is covered in front of your house to clean it off and to follow the guidelines |
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