Rescuing resources: WasteNot! Carroll pitches in By Lois Szymanski
Friday, October 8, 2010 By Lois Szymanski, For Neighborhoods
The grassroots organization Waste Not! Carroll has been working to keep recyclables out of the county’s trash since 2009. At last month’s Maryland Wine Festival at the Carroll County Farm Museum
“That figure includes the efforts of vendors, attendees and the farm museum staff,” said Don West, cofounder of Waste Not! Carroll.
The museum staff concentrated on the wineries and was able to recycle 7.58 tons of recyclables.
Waste Not! Carroll was assigned food vendor areas and sent an additional 1.26 tons of recyclables to the county.
West said that, in addition, they removed what he estimated to be an additional ton of compost, aluminum and other recyclables… http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/neighborhoods/article_1257668a-d24c-11df-be4e-001cc4c03286.html
20101008 Szymanski WasteNot! Carroll pitches in
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