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"Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" is more than a catchphrase for local governments. By banning plastic bags and water bottles and stepping up composting and recycling programs, communities are taking their waging their battle against global warming and for sustainability on more than one front -- reducing the emissions associated with the production and transportation of materials and the waste they dump in landfills.


Banning Plastic Bags

Composting

Curbing Bottled Water Use

Recycling

Reducing Landfill Waste


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