Elly May Clampett could really work a paper dress. Elly May was patriarch Jed Clampett’s daughter on The Beverly Hillbillies, a 1960s sitcom about a family of nouveau riche hicks who move to a mansion in Beverly Hills after finding oil on their land. The Beverly Hillbillies finished production before I emerged from the womb […]
Recycling
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Halifax’s cardboard economy
1. Halifax’s waste system is easy for residents: one green waste bin, recyclables in blue bags and garbage in a regular trash bag. The recyclables are sorted at the Materials Recovery Facility in Bayers Lake, with plastic, glass and paper sent to processors. The MRF sorts about 22,000 tonnes of paper each year; newspaper, cardboard […]