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- E Magazine
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- November 1, 1998
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Talk about win-win: Two grassroots groups, one in Washington and the other in North Carolina, have found ways to channel magazine waste and help community literacy and social programs at the same time. By collecting unsold magazines and putting them into the hands of new readers, paper once destined for the shredder or dumpster is being given a second life in the public mainstream.
Working with a Seattle magazine distributor called Small Changes, Tim Bernthal of Magazines A Gain used a $14,000 waste reduction grant from Seattle Public Utilities to create a program that re-uses and distributes nearly 4,000 magazines a month to more than 40 Seattle-area ...
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