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To reduce the ‘fill’ in landfills, recall the 3 R’s: Recycle, reuse, restore

If the goal is to reduce as much “fill” as possible going to and ending up in the landfill, I believe I have been doing an okay job. I say okay, because there is no doubt whatsoever in my mind that I could be doing better.
The grand prize in this regard has to go to the late Art Beal of Cambria, California, over on the coast who built his abode out of anything and everything he could find, it seems. No wonder this truly resourceful human being’s nickname was none other than Der Tinkerpaw.
It’s quite fitting. Hub caps, beer cans,


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