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Recycling becomes cash cow

New systems gain popularity, profits

Single-stream recycling, with no sorting, has proven popular. Single-stream recycling, with no sorting, has proven popular. (George Rizer/Globe Staff/File)
By Matt Carroll
Globe Staff / September 11, 2008

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Recycling is up and trash is down, as residents focus more on recycling and financially pressed communities experiment with various methods of disposing of waste in order to save cash. (Full article: 594 words)

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