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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>Recycling Heat Shrink Labels</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 20:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately, as you wander through the grocery store aisles it doesn&#8217;t take long before you notice that some shelved items seem to be jumping out at you.   Many beverages, yogurts, snack foods, toddler meals, pet foods, cleaning and personal care products seem to be screaming, “Look at me!”  Glossy, vividly colored, labeled items do stand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recycling and Green Chemistry</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2011/03/16/recycling-and-green-chemistry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the word, RECYCLING may bring “green thoughts” to mind, for many of us the word, CHEMISTRY, conjures up thoughts of bad chemicals, mad scientists, and incomprehensible concepts. Even the definition of chemistry, “the science that deals with the composition and properties of substances and various elementary forms of matter,” is enough to make most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America Recycles Day 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 15th is America Recycles Day (ARD). Started in 1997 to raise public awareness about the benefits of recycling, this event will be celebrated by hundreds of communities across our nation. Municipalities, schools, companies, and other organizations will conduct recycling-related activities to spread the message that recycling is good for our environment, economy, and society. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Recycling Blister Packs Become a Reality?</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2010/11/07/can-recycling-blister-packs-become-a-reality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2010/11/07/can-recycling-blister-packs-become-a-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 21:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter where we shop, the retail landscape is loaded with miscellaneous merchandise that tempts our impulses to gather and to purchase. Designed and packaged to best capture our attention, many goods are marketed in multi-material packaging to provide optimum shelf presence, safeguard product integrity, and reduce in-store pilferage. As a rule, multi-material packaging is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earth Day 2010- Proof recycling is not what it used to be</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2010/04/23/earth-day-2010-proof-recycling-is-not-what-it-used-to-be/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 22, 2010 marked the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. By attending the 2010 New York City Earth Day event, it was obvious we have come a long way since Earth Day’s beginnings as a protest to raise environmental awareness. On the first Earth Day, 20 million Americans marched down city streets, gathered in community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disposable Cups- Recycling One Drink at a Time</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2010/02/28/disposable-cups-recycling-one-drink-at-a-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2010/02/28/disposable-cups-recycling-one-drink-at-a-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans dispose of billions upon billions of paper, plastic, and foam cups. This year over 58 billion paper cups and 25 billion polystyrene foam cups will pass through our hands and end up in landfills. While the United States is still the world’s largest culprit of disposable cup waste, growing nations like China and India [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zip Lock Plastic Bags:  A Tragic Case of Recycling Inconvenience</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2010/02/18/zip-lock-plastic-bags-a-tragic-case-of-recycling-inconvenience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2010/02/18/zip-lock-plastic-bags-a-tragic-case-of-recycling-inconvenience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just Zip It. Zipper-type plastic storage bags have hundreds of uses and are fast becoming the quintessential storage solution for households and businesses. Foods, electronic parts, garden soils, and even crime scene evidence end up packaged in these convenient, storage bags. Although millions of these bags are used daily, recycling used zipper-type plastic bags is [...]]]></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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		<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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		<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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