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Southern California strives to improve recycling efforts

JAN 31, 2011
Physics Today
Los Angeles Times : Los Angeles sanitation officials have been talking to companies about an idea they think could reduce the confusion concerning what can and cannot be recycled: Get products marked with dots in green (compost), black (garbage), or blue (recycle). And in several cities, more attention is being paid not just to recycling but also to producing and buying products that more easily return to the earth. Mary MacVean, writing for the Los Angeles Times, describes the progress made so far.
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