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Local food is craved from New York City to Idaho

The Yuma Daily Sun
June 18, 2007 - ...plastic bags, sealed up just right with dry ice and sent on its unique journey. The salsa left Yuma at 3 p.m. Wednesday and arrived in Boise on Thursday at noon."In all it cost me $65 and it was worth every penny," Minervini-Dodson said. "I couldn't believe how much work La Fonda put into making this just right for us."But surprisingly, La Fonda reports that it and many other Mexican restaurants are certainly no strangers to shipping their Yuma wares to hungry tummies......
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Lawyers finding ways to go green

Honolulu Advertiser
June 18, 2007 - Max Handelsman's suburban government contracting office recycles only white paper, so he started to take up the recycling issue on his own. At Arnold & Porter, workers are suggesting more ways to go green, such as using non-disposable trays and cups in the cafeteria and pitchers instead of bottled water in meeting rooms, Martel said. ...
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Art from artful recycling

The News Tribune
June 17, 2007 - Interestingly, while these look like natural fibers, her bags and hat woven from clear plastic seem tackier, though just as well-crafted. There's irony, in her "Portrait of the Artist as a Jewish Mother" (a soap bottle given a scarfed head and melodramatic plastic fork arms) and in some of her signature plastic bag people. ...
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My turn: City dump should be top concern

Juneau Empire
June 17, 2007 - It turns out that modern solid waste contains materials such as plastics that form dioxins when incinerated. Third, the burning of wool, paper, plastics, rayon and silk releases cyanide gas. Yet it is clear, we will need to reduce, recycle and reuse to make our problem manageable. ...
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Young entrepreneurs discover it pays to go green

Juneau Empire
June 17, 2007 - BRITTANY RETHERFORD What are you doing with that plastic? In October 2006, he started using a small pickup truck to haul away their recyclables. Bob Janes, owner of Gastineau Guiding, said that recycling became a priority for the group last fall. ...
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Fervor to ban light bulbs dims: Assembly majority is now behind bill setting energy-efficient rules for manufacturers.

The Sacramento Bee
June 17, 2007 - ...the bill as a backdoor ban on incandescents and the latest link in a chain of bills that intrude upon consumer choice."Sacramento keeps getting into people's knickers," said Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, R-Irvine. "We are getting into ever-increasing levels of detail in demanding how people live their lives."Besides the light bulb bill, the Assembly voted this month to require toilets that use less water, ban restaurants from using trans fats, and to create a $250 million......
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Where Thieves Lurk, Making a Wary Living

New York Times
June 17, 2007 - He empties the cigar box he uses as a cash register and tucks a wad of bills into his pants. He lost $11,000: the money to pay his $1,600 monthly rent, bills and taxes. He keeps pictures of his two children, his grandson and another young nephew underneath a plastic covering he uses as a countertop. ...
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Safeco Field hits grand slam for recycling

Seattle Post-Intelligencer
June 17, 2007 - A plastic bottle recycling campaign, promoted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, provided the initial boost. Less than 6 percent of all plastics and less than one-fourth of all plastic bottles sold in the U.S. are recycled. Out in the community, recycling plastic is much more of a hassle. ...
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Editor's notebook

The Capital (Maryland)
June 16, 2007 - Hayes refused to let a man climb into a waiting cab without getting an explanation for the suspected burglar's bulging pockets and the plastic bag full of change he was toting. ...
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VACATION CRUSH CLOGS AIRPORT

Atlanta Journal Constitution
June 16, 2007 - Any violations of the rule, and the security officers must unseal the bag, inspect the contents and throw away items outside the limits, he said. Passengers should have the bags out and ready to put on an imaging machine. One-quart bag per person limits the total liquid volume each traveler can bring. > Consolidate bottles into one bag and X-ray separately to speed screening. > Be prepared. ...
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