Trash
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Street sweeping officially ends on October 31, Washington D.C.
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October 31 may be Halloween but it also signifies another wonderful development — the end to the District's street sweeping for 2011. The city's drivers have been scrambling to repark their cars two mornings a week since March.
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D.C. trash pickup: Tickets high for minor offenses
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Recycling is one of those necessary evils. It can be tedious to sort through everything, but in the end, you're saving the environment — usually — so it's worth it. But it's not worth it when you're getting fined $200 because you threw a can of soda into the wrong container. Yes, that actually happened.
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D.C. ranks first in green governance, study says
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Our local government in D.C. might seem inept sometimes — no hyperlink necessary — but other times they get it right, especially when it comes to environmental issue.
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Virginia's major import: Trash
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One person's trash is Virginia's treasure.
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D.C. police to issue warnings, fines for littering
CommentD.C. residents who litter will soon get a pricey ticket.
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Mixed messages from Metro
During our discussion with Metro General Manager/Chief Executive Officer Richard Sarles, the new permanent boss noted that one of the two biggest complaints he got from riders
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The 'trashy-ist' places in Hyattsville
This is the second in Patch's series about areas of Hyattsville where trash seems to be a bit of a problem.
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Chicken bone concerns not enough to threaten H Street 7-Eleven
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H Street NE's contentious chicken bone debate came to what appears to be a final resolution Tuesday, as D.C.'s Board of Zoning Adjustment ruled that 7-Eleven is not a fast food establishment.
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D.C. police ID teenage girl found in trash can
CommentD.C. police have identified the body of a teenage girl found in a trash can in northwest Washington.
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Northeast residents upset over trash, chicken bones
CommentSome Capitol Hill residents say they’re fed up. They live near H Street in Northeast and they say their streets are constantly littered with trash and chicken bones. ABC7’s Mike Conneen explains why they’re zoning in on ‘one’ business in particular.
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Woman raped while taking out trash in Laurel
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A 23-year-old woman told police she was taking out the trash when she was raped by a man in the back of an apartment building in Laurel.
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Taking the trash out in Kensington
Officials, residents, debate outsourcing garbage removal.
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The Morning Walk: Two construction workers hit and killed by car in Waldorf
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Local ANC, seeking to curb sidewalk trash, pursues a tax on carryout containers.
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ANC 6A pushing 7-Eleven to take more responsibility for trash
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One idea is to force store to charge 5 cents for carryout containers.
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Portraits of Wheaton: hot pink trash
A weekly photo feature of Wheaton. [Photo]
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Recycling containers overflowing after sanitation delays
Last week many of us were left holding our trash and recycling due to the tragedy at the Department of Sanitation facility on W Street NE.
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Commissioners will decide on fate of county's trash
Commissioners will have to decide whether to move forward with one of most expensive projects the county has undertaken in many years.
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