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...response to complaints of severe rodent infestation in Allston this February, Harvard spent roughly a quarter of a million dollars to provide North Allston residents with 2,600 rodent-resistant trash cans early last week to help alleviate the problem...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: University Funds Rat-Proof Trash Bins | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

...while University officials maintain that Harvard is “in no way responsible for any increased rodent activity,” the University agreed to fund the trash receptacles as “part of [its] larger partnership with the city and the neighborhood,” said Kevin A. McCluskey ’76, Harvard’s senior director of community relations for Boston...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: University Funds Rat-Proof Trash Bins | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

...trash cans, distributed by the City of Boston last week, have been generally well-received in the community...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: University Funds Rat-Proof Trash Bins | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

...protesters gathered Monday morning to voice their anger over plans to build an incinerator to deal with the rising amounts of trash produced by Guangzhou's Panyu district, whose 2.5 million residents are expected to generate 2,200 tons of garbage a day by next year, a local official told the state-run China Daily newspaper. A site for an incinerator to replace two overtaxed landfills was proposed in 2006, but residents say they weren't informed about the plans until this fall. In one survey cited by China Daily, 92% of residents thought the incinerator would harm their health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Environmental Protests Gather Force | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...Around 8 a.m. several hundred demonstrators had gathered around Guangzhou's city hall, some carrying signs that read, "Oppose the trash incinerator; Support a green Panyu." About 100 police officers converged to face off with the protesters, says Wen Yunchao, a blogger who was at the scene. "The protest has been organized and peaceful," he said. When asked by officials to select five representatives to negotiate their demands, the crowd began to chant, "We don't want to be represented," said Wen. People seen as protest leaders are often targeted for future punishment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Environmental Protests Gather Force | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

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