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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">These links are for consideration to be sent to the recycling listserv.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.npr.org/2015/07/17/421211023/reduce-reuse-remove-the-cellophane-recycling-demystified">http://www.npr.org/2015/07/17/421211023/reduce-reuse-remove-the-cellophane-recycling-demystified</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">This article explains why it is preferred to recycle plastic bag items at the retail store bins and not in the curbside recycling.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Regarding what recyclable plastic film is:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#333333">Pure polyethylene is what is accepted. If it tears, it’s not polyethylene. Polyethylene “stretches”. A good resource is
<a href="http://www.plasticfilmrecycling.org/">http://www.plasticfilmrecycling.org/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#333333">Recycled plastic film items get made into benches, decking, new plastic bags, etc.</span><span style="color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/06/11/190668206/how-a-used-bottle-becomes-a-new-bottle-in-6-gifs">http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/06/11/190668206/how-a-used-bottle-becomes-a-new-bottle-in-6-gifs</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">This is an interesting article with embedded video clips about how recycled glass gets made into glass.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Judith Wilkins<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:blue">Judith Wilkins</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Environmental Projects Coordinator</span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Water Quality Division</span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Oklahoma Conservation Commission</span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">4545 N. Lincoln Blvd., Suite 11A</span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">OKC OK 73105</span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">405/522-4732, 405/522-4770 fax</span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:judith.wilkins@conservation.ok.gov"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">judith.wilkins@conservation.ok.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it attached to everything else in the universe."</span></i><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif","serif";color:blue"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">John
Muir</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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