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From: Fred Friedman (FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV)
Date: Tue Dec 10 1996 - 05:33:00 EST 

Date: Tue, 10 Dec 96 10:33 WET
From: FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV (Fred Friedman)
Subject: Re: Restaurant recycling (Greg)

December 10, 1996

Dear Greg,

Clyde s Retaurant stopped serving bottled beers to cut down the weight of its garbage in 1991 eliminating 16-17,000 bottles per month. Serves only draft. (Located in Vienna, VA)
Clement Street Bar Grill, San Francisco: The glass containers are collected twice a week by a garbage hauler who supplies collection receptacles for them (out of doors) and sends us a check every couple of months. It s not much, but it beats paying them to take it away. IIn other words, set up a contract with a private hauler to do this and write your own terms.
Kegged hard liquors are served at Able s (Binghamton, NY) eliminating tons of glass per year (1994).
 These are a few ideas. The waste trade press occasionally has articles with others (look under restaurant recycling) in such places as Waste Age and Resource Recycling.

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