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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Lowe’s has recently installed
permanent recycling centers in nearly all of its 1,700 stores throughout the
U.S. to accept these items:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>-Rechargeable batteries (of
up to 11 pounds).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>-Cell phones.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>-Compact fluorescent bulbs
(most Lowe’s have been accepting used CFLs since March).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>-Plastic shopping bags.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I contacted the Lowe’s
in Stillwater and they confirmed they are part of this program. You may
wish to check your local Lowe’s store and spread the word in your own
community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>For the press release, visit:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100928006319/en/Lowe%E2%80%99s-Launches-Recycling-Centers-U.S.-Stores">www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100928006319/en/Lowe%E2%80%99s-Launches-Recycling-Centers-U.S.-Stores</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Questions?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Contact Lowe’s Companies,
Inc.<br>
Steve Salazar, 704-758-4345, <a href="mailto:steve.j.salazar@lowes.com"
target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>steve.j.salazar@lowes.com</span></a>
or<br>
Karen Cobb, 704-758-3504, <a href="mailto:karen.s.cobb@lowes.com"
target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>karen.s.cobb@lowes.com</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Ilda T. Hershey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Assistant State Extension Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Solid Waste Management Programs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Oklahoma State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>536 Ag Hall, Stillwater, OK 74078<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Phone: 405-744-9806<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Fax: 405-744-9835<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="mailto:ilda.hershey@okstate.edu"><span style='color:blue'>ilda.hershey@okstate.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="http://agecon.okstate.edu/wastenew"><span
style='color:blue'>http://agecon.okstate.edu/waste</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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