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During my vacation to Hawaii (Oahu & Kauai) last spring, I was disappointed to see that no one recycles or composts.  Everything goes in the trash, which made me wonder where all that garbage goes.  Now I know...they ship it 'out of sight and out of mind'.  It saddens me that many cities Oregon are doing so much to decrease the amount of garbage we create just to have other states and countries dump their waste in our backyard.

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