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1. Garbage Disposal (Annenberg-CPB - Learner.org)
   Provides facts about the problems in various areas of disposal and recycling, including disposal of hazardous waste and alternative treatment of sewage. Discusses alternative solutions for each set of problems. 12-01

2. Freegans Eat Garbage (Fox News)
   "One person's trash is literally another person's treasure, if that person happens to be a freegan (search). They’re not vegans who refuse to eat meat or animal products, these people eat out of the garbage." 10-04

3. Recycling - Explanation for Kids (Environmental Protection Agency)
   Provides information on recycling of trash, garbage, and other solid waste. 12-00

4. -04-10-05 Homeland Security Fund Abused (CBS News)
   "Cox says the bulk of the anti-terrorism money should have gone to protecting high risk targets, instead of being doled out to every local community in the country, whether they need it or not. 'In some cases, the money just arrives," he says. "It's as if you've won the Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes.' "
   
   "Converse, Texas, first used its new homeland security trailer to transport riding lawn mowers to the annual lawnmower races."
   
   "Newark, N.J., spent a quarter of a million dollars on air-conditioned garbage trucks. In Columbus, Ohio, the fire department is buying bulletproof dog vests for its canine corps. And Mason County, Wash., famous mostly for its Christmas trees, spent $63,000 for a decontamination unit that no one’s been trained to use. It’s been sitting in boxes in a warehouse for a year." 4-05

5. Cities Face Economic Peril (New York Times)
   "Without money, governments cannot run buses so that residents without cars can search for jobs and go to work. They cannot educate the children of families that might try to return. They cannot provide health care, pick up garbage or begin the detailed planning and engineering necessary to bring a city back to life."
   
   "They are locked in a painful loop, unable to lure back exiled residents without services, but unable to provide the services without tax bases." 10-05

6. Precycling (EnvironmentalDefense.org)
   "To PRECYCLE is to make buying choices that support responsible products and packaging, make recycling easier and reduce the amount of garbage you throw away. Precycling is a good way to start squaring your personal behavior with your principles." 03-06

7. -01-30-09 Editorial: Is a 'Bad Bank' the Answer? (Christian Science Monitor)
   "With the financial crisis now midway through its second year, a central problem for the US economy remains: how to convincingly clear away a garbage-pile of bad debts at banks and move forward with a solvent industry."
   
   "A leading idea under review by the Obama administration is to set up a so-called "bad bank" as a holding pen for the risky assets that spawned the crisis. Administration officials have talked about this concept, and have said they want to avoid temporarily nationalizing some very large banks." 01-09

8. How Much Thermal Energy Does the Syngas Produce? (TechnologyReview.com)
   "This week, city counselors in Ottawa, Ontario, unanimously approved a new waste-to-energy facility that will turn 400 metric tons of garbage per day into 21 megawatts of net electricity--enough to power about 19,000 homes." In this scenario, it takes 19 metric tons of biomass to generate a megawatt of electricity. 06-09

9. Crows (AllAboutBirds.org)
   "Crows don’t regularly visit feeders, but you can attract them to your backyard if you offer a mix of trees, open space, and food. Peanuts left in an open place are a good attractant. Crows are also attracted by compost, garbage, or pet food that the birds can feed on." 10-10

10. Making Electricity From Waste (eco20-20.com)
    "Methane creation is actually quite simple. Put all the disgusting waste in a tank called a digester, make the environment in the tank warm and moist, and leave it alone. Bacteria will grow in the tank that will eat away the waste. In the process of eliminating the waste, the bacteria will emit methane gas. This is environmentally great because it reduces the amount of waste produced and landfill spaced needed to store garbage."
    
    "Once the methane is captured, it is broken into hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Next, the carbon dioxide is turned into carbonate by circling it through the break down process again. Then, the carbonate reapplied to the hydrogen. This process creates more carbon dioxide and water to repeat the process. It also generates heat, which in turn spins the turbines to spin the generator. This in turn creates the electricity." 09-12