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Robber hits North Side parking garage

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
June 15, 2007 - When the attendant carrying the cashbox appeared, the suspect asked to borrow a cell phone and jumped at the plastic cashbox. Officers also found a plastic bag with about $100 inside. ...
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Toddler served margarita in a sippy cup

Birmingham News, Alabama
June 15, 2007 - ...plastic bottles, and the manager mistakenly grabbed the margarita container to pour the boy's drink, said Randy Tei, vice president for Apple Bay East Inc., which owns the franchise restaurant and nine other Applebee's in the San Francisco Bay area. The Mayorgas will be reimbursed for their medical bills, and Tei said the franchise group's restaurants will no longer serve apple juice and margaritas in similar containers. "We absolutely believe it was an honest mistake," Tei said....
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Carried away over carry-on items: Airplane security regulations present dilemma for traveler and her 'essentials'

The Arizona Daily Star
June 14, 2007 - It's only slightly bigger than a sandwich bag. All the bottles were in a neat row. I didn't even try to fit my stuff into one bag. ...
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Trash is their bag: Volunteers in Oro Valley adopt-a-roadway program are enthusiastic ? and numerous

The Arizona Daily Star
June 14, 2007 - ...bags that show how long it takes for different types of trash to decompose.Here's a look at some decomposition rates:--Paper -- two to five months.--Milk cartons --five years.--Filter tip cigarettes -- 10 to 12 years.--Plastic bags -- 10 to 20 years.--Plastic containers -- 50 to 80 years.--Disposable diapers -- 75 years.--Tin cans -- 100 years.--Aluminum cans -- 200 to 500 years....
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The Dallas Morning News Ray Sasser column: Looking to gear up Dad on his big day?

The Dallas Morning News
June 14, 2007 - Drying the boots helps them last longer.--Speaking of dry gear, sportsmen can always use a waterproof gear bag. Bags come in all sizes, shapes and prices, from simple, sealable plastic bags that start at $9. My favorite is a neoprene gear bag from Mangrove. ...
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In the Region

Akron Beacon Journal
June 14, 2007 - State gives UA grant for recycling AKRON: The University of Akron is getting $12,900 for containers for recycling. Maximum amount for bill payment assistance is $175. Property tax bills mailed, due July 13 AKRON: Property tax bills for the second half of 2006 have been mailed to Summit County residents. ...
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Artist creates collages from discarded items

Arizona Republic
June 14, 2007 - Kovack, a Glendale city employee, is also a mixed-media artist who creates recycled assemblage. ...
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Casella planning recycling project

Telegram & Gazette
June 14, 2007 - AUBURN— The company that owns and runs the town’s trash transfer station and recycling facility wants to build a 33,300-square-foot glass recycling and storage plant at its Hardscrabble Road location. The primarily glass recycling plant would be an “extension of the existing recyclable materials handling building,” according to the plan. The 33,000-square-foot recycling building would be built on 4.2 acres of adjacent land. ...
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Scrap-metal thieves tap bars for dry kegs

Orlando Sentinel
June 14, 2007 - Bars pay distributors a deposit on each keg, and that company routinely switches out the barren cylinders for filled ones. Frost said each swiped keg costs his bar $10 to $25 in deposits. Half-kegs hold enough to fill 134 20-ounce beers. "It's about recycling," Leesburg police Lt. ...
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Take The Pain Out Of Recycling

Tampa Tribune
June 14, 2007 - Plastic here, newspapers there, bottles in that pile, tin cans over there. Recycling is too often too complex - paper but not cardboard, plastic or no plastic, and so on. But the signs are that recycling usually does make sense. ...
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