An editorial in today’s Savannah Morning News suggested a logical course of action for two large governmental agencies: They ought to work together.
When it comes to recycling, the more stuff removed from the waste stream, the better. That’s why it’s good news the Chatham County Commission is looking into bringing a recycling program to […]

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Mary Landers checks in on Chatham County’s progress toward the goal of becoming the greenest county in Georgia, in a April 4 Savannah Morning News story called “How green is my county?” Landers points out just a few of the significant obstacles in the county’s path:
Chatham has no curbside recycling, only average public transportation and […]

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I spent a lot of time in my backyard this weekend and on Saturday I heard a rumble coming down the lane. I looked looked over the back fence to see an battered pick-up truck glide by with its bed full of castaway children’s toys, rusty lawn furniture, old vacuum cleaners and a tangle of […]

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A story in today’s Savannah Morning News reports the flame has gone out at the city’s controversial incinerator. Scott Larson’s story “City dumps garbage incinerator,” features an interesting quote from an elected official about refuse that would previously have been burned, but will now end up in the landfill:
Chatham County Commissioner Dean Kicklighter represented the […]

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On his blog “Notes from the Food World,” writer/journalist Michael Ruhlman espouses the virtues of the humble coffee percolator, declaring “Percolator Love.” He wants to “rid the world of the ridiculous automatic drip coffee maker, a sham perpetrated on an unthinking, convenience-minded public.” I’d like to help him.
I currently own electric and stovetop percolators, and […]

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