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In other news: Dec. 19, 2016

Posted on December 19, 2016

A Pennsylvania community bucks the single-stream trend, and fewer Oregon grocery stores redeem beverage containers because more stand-alone centers are opening.

Posted in In other news, News | Tagged California, Canada, compost, container deposits, dual-stream, municipalities, single-stream, United States |

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