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		<title>How Recycling is helping to make Back to School Supplies Green</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2011/08/11/how-recycling-is-helping-to-make-back-to-school-supplies-green/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[August is the month that big box stores load up on traditional school supplies. For us environmentally conscious shoppers, there are more green choices for back to school supplies than ever before. Also, knowing how to properly recycle these scholastic tools can make them even greener. Smart teachers and PTA moms know well that establishing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JUNK MAIL- RECYCLING BY REDUCTION</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2010/03/12/junk-mail-recycling-by-reduction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Junk mail is on the rise. Over the past decade as worldwide letter mail volumes have seen little growth, junk mail has been growing both domestically and abroad. Thirty percent of all non-parcel mail delivered in the entire world is US junk mail. While statistics vary by source, there are about 100 billion of these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2010/03/01/tip-of-the-week-15/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plastic Cups]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Next time you are going to visit your favorite deli or coffee bar, bring along your own cup and ask the barista to fill it up. If the barista gives you push back, politely let management know that as a customer it is important to you that the company supports reusable cups. Help keep disposable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valentine’s Day –  To Recycling with Love</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2010/02/11/valentine%e2%80%99s-day-%e2%80%93-to-recycling-with-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2010/02/11/valentine%e2%80%99s-day-%e2%80%93-to-recycling-with-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Valentine&#8217;s Day is a festival of cards, candy, and flowers. During this holiday, 65% of all US households will exchange greeting cards, 38% will give or receive candy, and 32% will turn to flowers to say, “Will you be my Valentine?” With about 180 million individual cards to be exchanged (excluding packaged children’s cards), this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tetra Pak®- Building a Foundation for Carton Recycling with Aseptic Bricks</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2010/01/19/tetra-pak%c2%ae-building-a-foundation-for-carton-recycling-with-aseptic-bricks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.recygal.com/?p=1453</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When we think of recycling beverage containers, the plastic bottle or the aluminum can come to mind. The prolific use and discard of these holders of liquids has spurred us on to enact anti-litter laws, collect used bottles and cans, and to recycle. As systems to recycle beverage containers evolve, our focus (at least in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recycling- Can Incentives Replace Conscious Resolutions?</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2010/01/07/recycling-can-incentives-replace-conscious-resolutions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2010/01/07/recycling-can-incentives-replace-conscious-resolutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.recygal.com/?p=1386</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As many cities brought in 2010 under bursts of confetti made from virgin paper, I wondered what this new decade may have in store for recycling. Are we finally getting waste disposal under control? Although the total number of landfills nationwide has decreased, today’s landfills are larger and continue to grow in size. Over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Over Packaging the Holidays</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2009/12/10/over-packaging-the-holidays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2009/12/10/over-packaging-the-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.recygal.com/?p=1248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the gift giving season upon us, we have lots of shopping alternatives: the local mall, big box stores, catalogue mail order, and the internet. No matter which shopping path we choose, it’s either “shop until we drop” or “pick before we click”. Hauling shopping bags around the mall, collecting shirt boxes for gift wrapping, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starting a School Recycling Program- Preschool through High School</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2009/12/04/starting-a-school-recycling-program-preschool-through-high-school/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2009/12/04/starting-a-school-recycling-program-preschool-through-high-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Helpful websites]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plastic Bottle Caps]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[choosing a recycling bin]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.recygal.com/?p=1170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Getting a school recycling program off the ground seems like an easy task, but all sorts of issues can arise. To help make your effort seamlessly implementable and successful, I’ve put together a few pointers (or at least a few questions you can hash over) before you start. First, have you been given a budget [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Co-mingling of Recyclables is More Tangled than We Think- Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2009/11/11/how-co-mingling-of-recyclables-is-more-tangled-than-we-think-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2009/11/11/how-co-mingling-of-recyclables-is-more-tangled-than-we-think-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.recygal.com/?p=841</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Plastic as a Recycling Foundation Is the time right for MRF World to take plastics more seriously? Should plastics be at the forefront of curbside recycling? Just as co-mingling of recyclables has made collection at curbside easier, the co-mingling of information on recovered materials may provide some answers. Trust me. We are not mixing apples [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Co-mingling of Recyclables is More Tangled than We Think- Part I</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2009/10/30/how-co-mingling-of-recyclables-is-more-tangled-than-we-think/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2009/10/30/how-co-mingling-of-recyclables-is-more-tangled-than-we-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.recygal.com/?p=684</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recycling household plastic containers can be a challenging endeavor. Since all plastics are not alike, we need to know which types of plastics our municipality accepts for recycling. Hair care products, beverages, laundry detergents, yogurts, margarines, salad dressings, frozen dinners, household cleaners, condiments, pet foods, body lotions … (you name it) are available in plastic [...]]]></description>
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