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NEW YORK It s one of America s great recycling success stories: Every year, hundreds of thousands of discarded Christmas trees are collected and reused. Many are picked up curbside by local garbage collection services and turned into mulch. But there are other second acts for Christmas trees, too. They re placed on beaches to shore up dunes and sunk in lakes as fish habitats. Is recycling worth it Group clones California trees for global planting projectHow to recycle your ChristmasThey ve even been milled into lumber for use in building homes. How many of the 25 million to 30 million fresh Christmas trees sold each year are recycled is difficult to measure because most recycling programs are implemented on such a local level, said National Christmas Tree Association spokesman Rick Dungey. The good news, though, is that tree-recycling efforts are now
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Bonhams auction house is gearing up for a big History of Science sale on October 22. Among the many intriguing lots is a slab of unique glass used during one of the darkest scientific pursuits we ;ve ever embarked upon: The Manhattan Project. But don ;t worry. It not radioactive. In fact, the Manhattan Project viewing window was specifically designed to repel radiation. The 5-foot-long, 6-inch thick pane was once installed in the Hanford Site, a p
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