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...feel. Its shelves and other display spaces are crammed with a bewildering array of hemp by-products. But most customers make straight for the counter and its white plastic drawer of cellophane-wrapped marijuana. "Hemp shops are basically places that sell grass," says Reusser. "The rest has been a good way of camouflaging an illegal activity. I like all the other stuff, but it doesn't make a lot of money...
...incumbent of this sunny status quo: With all this money lying around, we've got enough for everybody that needs it - why do anything crazy? He covered all the ideological ground from Ted Kennedy to Bill Clinton, and refused to give anybody there a reason to vote for George W. Bush (though he did take a stand on the Constitution as a living document, which nobody there seemed to mind at all). In fact, the punch line question of the night actually gave Gore the most trouble. "Paper or plastic...
...Appearing now though, within America's favorite chain stores, is a newer and more user friendly type of little plastic card. With the onset of these "Gift Cards", customers now have the luxury of using plastic to spend money they they actually do have, which other credit cards simply can't provide. The Gap, JCrew and Tower Records have all wowed their shoppers with the emergence of their own unique versions of the "Gift Card," by minimizing the onset of buyers' remorse...
...easy to break down chemically, they can linger in landfills for decades. PLA solves both problems, and is as durable as petroleum-based plastics. The complex process that creates the new plastic involves feeding the crops to microbes, similar to the way yogurt is curdled. The result has been compared to the polyester frequently used in plastic soda bottles, carpeting and wrinkle-free clothes, and clothing manufacturers are already salivating over the money-saving prospect of mixing cheaper plastics with such fibers as wool and cotton and selling them as "all natural." Note to shoppers: Pretty soon you may want...
...fastest-growing economies. Working with about 100 recycling companies belonging to her cooperative, she coordinates efforts to collect industrial and consumer trash, salvage everything, from paper and plastic to scrap steel, and mold the refuse into raw materials to feed Taiwan's factories. Out of that garbage heap comes treasure. Last year the co-op brought in more than $100 million from customers like China Steel and Formosa Plastics. But money is not the motivation behind Wu's not-for-profit outfit. After paying office charges and the modest salaries of Wu and her staff of seven, recycling revenues...