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Article: Picking up the tab
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- The Herald News - Joliet (IL)
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- May 27, 2005
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JR Miller of Wilmington collected more than 1 million pop tabs from aluminum cans, with the help of local businesses and a fourth-grade class, to donate to the Ronald McDonald House in the Chicago Pop Tab Recycling Program.
WILMINGTON -- Ever wonder what a million pop tabs look like?
Ask JR Miller.
He knows because this is the third time he has collected a million pop tabs to donate to the Ronald McDonald House in the Chicago Pop Tab Recycling Program.
On Thursday, he will lug one 55-gallon container, four 45-gallon containers and two 20-gallon plastic totes filled with the 1-inch aluminum tabs that most people toss out in the trash. He will be making the 90-minute trip in his minivan.
"I ...