Digital edition: October 2009
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Everything you ever wanted to know about Dallas’ trash
Today Smith is giving a tour of McCommas Bluff, a regular part of his job and a task he clearly relishes. From the look of pride on his face, you’d think he was showing off one of the Smithsonian museums.
SIDEBAR: How bioreactor technology works
Accelerated decomposition means faster generation of valuable gaseous byproducts — methane and carbon dioxide.
Giving in to the untucked
I don’t recall when it started, but I do recall when being a tucker became a way of life: 7th grade.
SIDEBAR: 60,000+ … recycling on the rise
About one-quarter of Dallas’ 240,000 households are currently putting out their recycling blue bins once a week instead of once every two weeks.
Live Local: An update on neighborhood businesses
Who won the chamber’s annual awards, and which neighborhood residents are reality TV stars?
SIDEBAR: Environmental report card
By and large, the city receives a passing mark in terms of its strides toward protecting the environment.
Savior sightings
They’re calling it the Divine Vine: overgrown Kudzu on a wire in a Raleigh, North Carolina park — 30 feet tall! It resembles Jesus…
SIDEBAR: Trash stats
Dallas’ trash and recycling by the numbers.
Let’s talk about tax
This fall, the people who live around here did an astonishing thing. We told our elected officials that we would pay higher property taxes …
SIDEBAR: What people throw away
From the very, very bad to the salvageably good, a few words on what ends up at the dump.
Tweener band Blackjack-Under 21 or Bust
At age 11, Nick Fichter began emulating Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash — such behavior might have panicked some parents, but not Fitcher’s mom, Stephanie Houston, who serves as the small musician’s manager and biggest fan.
