It was always interesting to learn what people had studied in school. Gathered with fellow campus recycling managers at an NRC conference reception or dinner after a CURC workshop, you’d learn that someone had pursued a biology or philosophy degree. I was a history major. My wife, a former campus recycler-turned-sustainability manager, was a poly sci major. There was a common denominator that characterized many in the informal network of people that evolved into the CURC/ Recyc-L community in the ’90s. With few schools offering…
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