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RDN's three-bin break room intervention.

RDN has a three-bin bylaw, a Sort Smart program, and free site visits for break room garbage choreography. Almost true local news from Oceanside Tonight.

By grant malone · PARKSVILLE · · 1 min read
RDN's three-bin break room intervention.

Val Pennington files this Oceanside Tonight dispatch from the almost-true newsroom.

RDN has a three-bin bylaw, a Sort Smart program, and free site visits for break room garbage choreography. Almost true local news from Oceanside Tonight.

By my count, that is not waste management.

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