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By Editorial Staff, Resource Recycling

StopWaste.Org [1], Alameda County's (California) waste management and recycling program, issued $220,000 in grants to nine nonprofit organizations in the county for "for innovative waste reduction projects ranging from Little League game-day recycling to medical supply reuse."

A 12-year-old from Missouri who started his own recycling company is making headlines all over [2] the Internet [3]. Sam Klein, from St. Louis, started befriending his neighborhood trash haulers when he was five and now collects discarded inkjet cartridges for recycling, donating his proceeds to area charities.

Another 12-year-old is looking at recycling in a different light after almost losing his life savings in an old computer. Max Becker had $300 saved up and hidden in an old Dell tower PC [4] that his mom turned in for recycling after buying Max and his brother new laptops. Fortunately, after several frantic calls, workers at Sims Recycling Solutions' Edison, New Jersey plant recovered and returned the money.

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