[GreenYes] Re: First Curbside Program

[Jenny Gitlitz <jenny.gitlitz@no.address>]

Armen Stepanian told me recently that his curbside program in Seattle was
the nation's first. Check this out:
http://www.komotv.com/news/story.asp?ID=18468

On 11/16/05 11:32 AM, Dan De Grassi at dpw180@no.address wrote:

> 
> 
> I thought it was Sommerville, Mass., under an EPA grant around 1970-1.
> Berekely started a year or so later.
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GreenYes@no.address [mailto:GreenYes@no.address] On
> Behalf Of Susan Kinsella
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 11:37 PM
> To: GreenYes List Serv
> Subject: [GreenYes] First Curbside Program
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> 
> 
> Can anybody tell me which city started the first curbside recycling
> program in the U.S. and Canada? I've heard of several contenders for the
> honor. Probably there were several that started around the same time.
> But I wonder whether it's possible to point to one as the first.
> 
> Thanks,
> Susan


--Jenny

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