Styrofoam recycling
Waco Friends of the Climate will hold its free quarterly drive-thru recycling event for Styrofoam from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot at the corner of Valley Mills Waco drives, in front of Ocean Buffet.
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You'll melt for these cheese crisps
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