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Did you know the average person in the Twin Cities throws away 6 pounds of garbage a day? That's enough to fill Target Field over 25 times each year!
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Annually, Minnesota recycles over two million tons of waste, the second best rate in the country. Twenty-one percent of our garbage is recyclable paper, and many people in the state still don’t recycle at all.
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Information about the benefits of composting and how you can start in your own backyard or kitchen.
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To manufacture one computer and monitor, it takes 530 pounds of fossil fuels, 48 pounds of chemicals, and 1.5 tons of water; totaling more than the weight of a rhinoceros. Environment Alert Bulletin, United Nations Environment Programme
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