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Reduce, reuse, recycle: Pitt community mitigates food waste

Food waste at Market is shoveled into a trough and then moves to a machine where it is processed into gray water. (Photo by Wenhao Wu | Assistant Visual Editor)

By Anna Bongardino | Contributing Editor

September 29, 2017

Joe’s decision to dumpster dive for the first time was based on pure impulse. It helped that he wasn’t completely sober. “I wasn’t really looking for anything, I was a little bit drunk and I saw the dumpster and thought, ‘Hmm, I bet there’s some good stuff in there,’” he said. Jo...

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Join the dark side

By Ross Hailey

August 18, 2013

Dark washed jeans are back in vogue, but getting the right cut is key.

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