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<td><center><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">EXTERNAL MESSAGE</span><br></strong>This email originated outside of DEP. Please use caution when opening attachments, clicking links, or responding to this email.</center></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Greetings,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">I am reaching out to learn more from communities that have implemented programs such as “Feet on the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Street” or similar curbside outreach and enforcement where recycling carts are inspected over time to reduce recycling contamination.
Some programs utilize “Oops Tags”, take photos of inside flipped cart lids, reject contaminated carts for pick-up at the curb, etc.</span><span style="color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">If your community has initiated such a program as described above, I would be very interested in speaking with you to
learn more about the implementation, success, and any lessons learned. If you can point to any reports or resources your community published or found, I would also be very grateful to review those as well.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Thank you so much for your time and assistance with this request.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#203864;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">-Danny<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#FF6F5B">Daniel M. Gallagher, E.I.</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Recycling & Waste Reduction Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span><a href="mailto:GallagherD@HillsboroughCounty.org"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">GallagherD@HillsboroughCounty.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">
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</span><a href="HCFLGov.net/Recycling"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:blue">HCFLGov.net/Recycling</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><a href="https://www.hillsboroughcounty.org/en/residents/sustainability-and-green/reduce-your-waste"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:blue">HCFLGov.net/residents/sustainability-and-green/Reduce-Your-Waste</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#FF6F5B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Hillsborough County<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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You can recycle all your plastic bags at participating local grocery and retail stores but NOT in your blue cart. Thank you for recycling!</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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