Recycling becomes countywide curbside and drop-off program
North Carolina counties Craven Pamlico and Jones rolled out curbside collection and countywide drop-off stations starting in 1990 1991 and 1992 to reduce landfill waste. ARS operates a 60000 square foot facility in Craven processing newspapers cans glass and other recyclables into bales cullet and market-ready products. Prices for paper cardboard aluminum and plastic vary with market demand as mills expand capacity and new facilities rise to meet this recycling boom.
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North Carolina
Craven County
Pamlico County
Jones County
ARS
Airport Road
Barry
N.C. Recycling Association
Lee
BFI Recycling Center
Lenoir County
Ars’s
Raleigh
Tim Biddle
Wellman Turns Bottles Into Fashionable PET Fibers
Jill Rea of Wellman describes how recycled PET bottles become valuable fibers and fabrics for Patagonia Reebok Nike and other brands. The process involves cleaning chopping and reprocessing bottle scraps into fleeces jackets hats and even futons, with demand boosted by bottle deposit laws and waste reduction mandates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patagonia
Reebok
Nike
Green Revolution
Global
Wellman
Haiti Leaders Seek Peace as Tense Capital Awaits
In Haiti, a meeting with businessmen aims to woo Aristide supporters while fears of invasion and reprisals loom. As the last chance mission arrives, leaflets dropped in the city urge Haitian soldiers and allied civilian gunmen to lay down arms, underscoring efforts to implement U.S. policies and UN Security Council resolutions peacefully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haiti
United States
Security Council of the United
Deaf Birmingham dancer crowned Miss America 1993
A 21 year old deaf dancer from Birmingham Alabama won the 68th Miss America Pageant becoming the first contestant with a disability to win the crown. Stone performed a 2 1/2 minute ballet to Via Dolorosa and signed I love you after receiving the crown.
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Alabama
Stone
Birmingham
Virginia
Cullen Johnson
Whitestone
Sherry Duhon
Gallaudet University
Washington, D.C
Atlantic City Convention Center
Community leaders weigh fair plans amid local ties and art legacy
Steve Hicks of the New Bern Area Chamber of Commerce notes interest in the Craven-Pamlico Carteret Agricultural Fair as he cites family ties and town roots. Meantime in Atlanta, the historic Mitchell House fire ends a bid to restore the Tara-like landmark once linked to Gone With the Wind creator Margaret Mitchell, with arson suspected and a property dispute ongoing.
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Steve Hicks
New Bern Area
Atlanta
Mark Mitchell
Mitchell
Windsor House
Tara
Trammell Crow Co
Childress Klein Properties
Donald Childress
Childress
Taylor
Loew’s Grand Theater
Scarlett O’ Hara
Dancer Gene Kelly Released After Stroke Treatment
Gene Kelly, 81, was discharged from UCLA Medical Center seven weeks after a mild stroke. Public statements say he is home resting and recuperating, following hospitalization beginning July 23.
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Kelly
Gene Kelly
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
Warren Robak
Warren
Fans should back players who ignore the crowd, says Bob Greene
A column argues major league baseball players fail to acknowledge fans who waited for autographs, citing a Chicago Tribune letter about a grandson after a Cubs game. The piece notes players rarely wave or glance at fans, and owner Jerry Reinsdorf claims clauses in contracts push autographs to a minimum.
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America
Chicago Tribune
Donald M. Prince
Cubs
Erick
Tom Trebelhorn
Harry Caray
Chicago White Sox
Jerry
White Sox
Reinsdorf
Bob Greene
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East Carolina Vocational Center
Greenville
Container Recycling Alliance
Tennessee
R.J. Reynolds
Steel
Baltimore
Wellman, Inc
Johnsonville
S.C
American Forest and Paper Association
Jill Rea
Charla Price
Price McNabb
Aristide
Clinton
Menotti
Spoleto
Rome Opera
Gian Carlo Menotti
Opera
Richard Wagner
Hector Berlioz
Cellini
Giorgio Vidusso
H. Whitestone
Hicks
Spoleto Festival of Opera and Theater
South Carolina
Rome
la Repubblica
Vowant
Paris
SUN Journal
Journal
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SUN Journal, Inc
Pollock St
New Bern
N.C
Sun
P.O. Box
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