Let the recycler beware

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Issue #0502 of The Hook

Published January 12, 2006
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By Lisa Provence

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Harvey and Marty Chaplin had dutifully been recycling their newspapers, putting them out for pickup every other Wednesday.

Early last summer, the Ivy couple realized they hadn't been seeing the recycling truck that their trash hauler, BFI, had sent out in the past, but their papers were gone. One day in August, Harvey Chaplin happened to see his recycling get picked up-- and tossed in with their garbage. . . . Read more