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Q&A: Is it really worth our time and trouble to recycle?

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Question from Jessie M.:  My husband and I have been recycling for years by sorting our recyclable items into separate bins and taking them to the recycling center at the county landfill.

My husband took a load off this morning but they told him they’re no longer accepting recyclable items because research has shown that the benefits of recycling aren’t worth the effort.

They ended up throwing our recyclable items into the dumpster along with the regular garbage!

We can still take our recyclable materials to a local private recycling center, but they don’t accept plastics (which is what we usually have the most of).

What’s the real story on this? Is it worthwhile to recycle or not?

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Q&A: How do I cancel my Amazon Prime membership?

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Question from Margo:  I signed up for the monthly Amazon Prime plan a few months ago and I love it, but now I need to cancel it for financial reasons.

I hate to give it up but I just can’t afford it right now.

Can you tell me what I need to do to cancel Amazon Prime so they’ll stop charging me every month?

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Q&A: Why is milk white instead of some other color?

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Question from Katy:  I have a very simple question that I’ve been curious about for most of my life.

Why is milk white instead of some other color?

I know you can change the color of milk by adding stuff to it (chocolate syrup for example), but milk always comes out of the cow white. I know that for a fact because I grew up on a dairy farm.

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Q&A: Why do we no longer use $1,000 bills in the U.S.?

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Question from Freida:  I recently found out that we used to have $1,000 bills in circulation in the United States.

Why don’t we use them now? The largest bill I’ve ever seen is the $100 bill.

It seems to me that $1,000 bills would be very useful when making large cash purchases like buying a car or a new home.

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