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Top Morning Stories November 16, 2010

Give Your Input on Trash & RecyclingThe City of Austin’s inviting people to a workshop tonight to talk trash and recycling.  The city’s looking for input on its Solid Waste Management Master Plan....

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Austin's New Recycling Center Can Process 25 Tons an Hour

Austin is another step closer to its goal of reaching Zero Waste by 2040, with the opening of a new facility to handle over half the city’s recyclables.  Austin has banned the use of single-use...

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With Bag Ban Looming, the City's Taking Local Business to School

Confused about Austin’s coming bag ban? You’re not alone.Austin Resource Recovery, tasked with reaching the city’s zero waste by 2040, is hosting carryout bag training sessions for local businesses at...

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Businesses, Customers Get Ready for Austin's Bag Ordinance

Austin’s Bag Ordinance goes into effect soon. Starting March 1, the majority of Austin businesses will stop providing single-use paper and plastic bags. That’s because the City of Austin has a goal of...

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All Austin Restaurants Will Start Composting Food Scraps by 2017

Taking out the trash is a thing of the past: All Austin restaurants will have to start composting by 2017, and restaurants 5,000 square feet and up only have until 2016. The Austin City Council...

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Take an Austin Composting Class, Get a Cheap Compost System

The City of Austin wants to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills by encouraging residents to compost. Free composting classes are being offered online and throughout Austin. Since the program’s...

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