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"Single stream" isn't a euphemism for some new and detrimental Army Corps of Engineers water management program. It's a recycling system being deployed all over the continent in cities like San Francisco, Toronto, Denver, Tucson, San Jose, Philadelphia, and Dallas. Most new recycling facilities are being built with this in mind, and Boulder, Colo. is the newest entrant to the scene thanks in large part to the leadership of grassroots non-profit recycling group Ecocycle.
Single stream recycling helps cities divert 50 percent, 60 percent, even 70 percent of their waste from the landfill by allowing households to put all their recyclables in the same bin: cans, bottles, paper, cardboard, you name it...
Full Story: http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/8/12/205628/475?source=daily
