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Environment & Energy

NickB79

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3. We didn't even get regular trash pickup until 2000 or so

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Thu Jun 19, 2014, 03:09 PM

Jun 2014

Rural, central MN. Everyone just burned their trash in open barrels!

We lost a few beautiful Norway spruces that were constantly exposed to smoke and fumes from burning plastics

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Recycling Vexes Rural Areas [View all] question everything Jun 2014 OP

kick, kick, kick..... daleanime Jun 2014 #1

kick and rec gejohnston Jun 2014 #2

We didn't even get regular trash pickup until 2000 or so NickB79 Jun 2014 #3

Most of NY is very rural, and yet they manage to get curbside recycling into 95% of those areas. Squinch Jun 2014 #4

NY's ethic is totally different. Benton D Struckcheon Jun 2014 #5