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Recycling Is Important To Tennesseans, UT Study Shows (265)

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Ninety percent of Tennesseans say they think recycling is important, a University of Tennessee survey shows.  Dr. Rosalyn McKeown-Ice and Catherine Wilt, of UT-Knoxville’s Waste Management Research and Education Institute, polled 811 households and found 48 percent of respondents said recycling is very important and 42 percent said somewhat important.  “Tennesseans are