This Utah school district is cutting back its recycling programs because they got too expensive

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Waste and recycling dumpsters outside an elementary school in Sandy, Utah on Thursday, September 11, 2014.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Waste and recycling dumpsters outside an elementary school in Sandy, Utah on Thursday, September 11, 2014.

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