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		<title>Single-stream Recycling- Building Larger Landfills One Truck at a Time</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2012/02/22/single-stream-recycling-building-larger-landfills-one-truck-at-a-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Helpful websites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recycling]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[recyclable pricing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just last month my municipality implemented single stream recycling. Like many other local governments, my well intentioned town succumbed to the waste hauling propaganda that single-stream collection is the recycling panacea. According to proponents, single-stream recycling increases collections rates, reduces hauling costs, and keeps more recyclables out of landfills. While this sounds like recycling at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recycling and our Presidential Candidates</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2011/11/29/recycling-and-our-presidential-candidates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bottle Bills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herman Cain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plastic Recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politicians]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rick Perry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Presidential race taking up most of the news and the Iowa caucuses just about a month away, it seems appropriate to take as close a look as possible at how “Recycling Friendly” our 2012 Presidential candidates may be. To keep things simple, I am focusing on the top talked about contenders: President Obama, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2011/10/15/tip-of-the-week-37/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Plastic Recycling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just as it is important for all of us to recycle plastics, it is also important for us to support companies that make plastic goods from recycled plastic. When purchasing a product made from plastic, confirm it contains recycled plastic content. Our purchases help to promote recycling too. -R.G.]]></description>
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		<title>What if all plastics were recycled?</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2011/10/04/what-if-all-plastics-were-recycled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2011/10/04/what-if-all-plastics-were-recycled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Plastic Recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycling disposable plastic bags into synthetic lumber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycling plastic bottles into polyester]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.recygal.com/?p=5029</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine a world where all plastic products were recycled. Living in a world where no plastic debris litters the roadways, nor floats in our oceans, nor sits in landfills for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. To most of us this seems almost unimaginable, but is it? According to Stanford Magazine , “Worldwide we consume [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2011/09/01/tip-of-the-week-36/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2011/09/01/tip-of-the-week-36/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When doing back to school shopping make sure to purchase environmentally conscious school supplies. Make back to school shopping a green experience. -R.G.]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2011/08/11/how-recycling-is-helping-to-make-back-to-school-supplies-green/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PET #1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plastic Recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metal recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PET#1]]></category>

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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>Tip of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2011/08/03/tip-of-the-week-35/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2011/08/03/tip-of-the-week-35/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Support cigarette recycling in your area. Visit the website of your local assembly member and let him or her know about New York State&#8217;s assembleman, Michael DenDekker, and his Bill- New York A02147. Maybe we can get a national effort going to support cigarette butt collection and recycling. A grassroot effort could actually lead to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cigarette Filter Recycling- Repurposing Litter a Little Butt at a Time</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2011/07/29/cigarette-filter-recycling-repurposing-litter-a-little-butt-at-a-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2011/07/29/cigarette-filter-recycling-repurposing-litter-a-little-butt-at-a-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Helpful websites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recycling cigarette butts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycling cigarette filters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is no doubt about it, where smokers trod, cigarette butts remain. Left behind with a flick of a finger, many smokers treat the disposal of a cigarette butt as if nature can just reabsorb it. Well, this simply isn’t the case. Cigarette filters, the most littered item in the world, are not biodegradable. These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2011/07/14/tip-of-the-week-34/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2011/07/14/tip-of-the-week-34/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.recygal.com/?p=5017</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Become familiar with the plastic resin identificaiton codes found on the packaging of the foodstuffs and personal care items that you purchase. Purchase products with recyclable and/or compostable packaging. Be leery of packaging made from mixed plastic resins; this packaging is not recyclable. Oftentimes, you can purchase the same or similiar items packaged in highly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PLASTIC RESIN CODE SEVEN, UNLUCKY FOR RECYCLING</title>
		<link>http://www.recygal.com/2011/06/29/plastic-resin-code-seven-unlucky-for-recycling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.recygal.com/2011/06/29/plastic-resin-code-seven-unlucky-for-recycling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Recygal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Land Fills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plastic Bags]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plastic Recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resin Code Seven "OTHER"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PLA plastic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plastic Resin Code Seven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic resin codes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.recygal.com/?p=4991</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to recycling, there is nothing lucky about plastic resin code, Seven. The last member of the code numbers developed in 1988 by the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) to help identify the type of plastics entering residential waste streams, this catchall “OTHER” resin code no longer helps clarify plastic identification, but [...]]]></description>
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