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FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2013 file photo, a large excavator shovel scoops up limestone boulders to dump into the Gulf of Mexico to help rebuild an oyster reef off the Texas coast. The $5.4 million project will rebuild some 57 acres of reef, helping to revitalize the fragile Gulf marine ecosystem. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesman Isidro Reyna said the 250 feet long and 50 feet wide structure was completed Saturday, April 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
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Recyclable materials is processed at the SOCRRA center in Troy, Mich., on April 10, 2014. Gov. Rick Snyder released a plan Monday, April 14, 2014, to boost recycling of household solid waste in Michigan, which lags behind most other states despite once being a trendsetter with its beverage container deposit law. The initiative calls for doubling within two years the rate at which Michigan recycles cans, newspapers, bottles and other household refuse, presently estimated at 15 percent. Even then, it would remain below the national average, which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency puts at 35 percent. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT
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Recyclable materials is processed at the SOCRRA center in Troy, Mich., on April 10, 2014. Gov. Rick Snyder released a plan Monday, April 14, 2014, to boost recycling of household solid waste in Michigan, which lags behind most other states despite once being a trendsetter with its beverage container deposit law. The initiative calls for doubling within two years the rate at which Michigan recycles cans, newspapers, bottles and other household refuse, presently estimated at 15 percent. Even then, it would remain below the national average, which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency puts at 35 percent. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT
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Recyclable materials is loaded to one side of the room at the SOCRRA center in Troy, Mich., on April 10, 2014. Gov. Rick Snyder released a plan Monday, April 14, 2014, to boost recycling of household solid waste in Michigan, which lags behind most other states despite once being a trendsetter with its beverage container deposit law. The initiative calls for doubling within two years the rate at which Michigan recycles cans, newspapers, bottles and other household refuse, presently estimated at 15 percent. Even then, it would remain below the national average, which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency puts at 35 percent. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT
