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May
12
San Francisco Reaches Highest Recycling Rate in U.S. at 72% : Red, Green, and Blue
This is inspirational. Of all the waste in SF, only 28% went to the landfill and, as the article states, that includes construction waste as well. They’re well on their way to their goal of 75% recycling by 2010.
They now will recycle almost all types of plastic (as opposed to Denver only taking bottles). The only exceptions are styrofoam and plastic bags - and plastic bags have been banned in the city. Gavin Newsom rocks.
