Sophia Academy Says No to Styrofoam
PROVIDENCE — During the 2011-12 school year, Sophia Academy’s 62 girls sent 10,000 Styrofoam lunch trays to the landfill.
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Recycle Your Old Gym Socks (and more)
There’s more to those parking-lot collection bins than pleas for clothes and books; they’re part of a billion-dollar global textile industry. Most are legit; some are just making a buck. But that doesn’t mean they should be avoided. The bins are making money for nonprofits and getting clothes reused, recycled and retailored all over the world.
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