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Disney Employees Dig Through Trash To Find Couple's Lost Wedding Rings

While on vacation at Walt Disney World, Paul and Karen (well actually just Paul) accidentally threw out their "engagement, wedding and five-year-anniversary rings." The hotel staff told them it would be virtually impossible to reclaim them, but after the family left, the staff realized the trash hadn't been compacted yet—so they dug through "bag after bag" of trash until they found the rings.
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8:49 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Chris Walters
13,766 views, 77 comments

jewelry

Would You Seek Out "Fairtrade" Gold If You Could?

Gold is the latest commodity vying for the ethical "Fairtrade" seal of approval, reports Reuters in a feature on Britsh/Canadian Greg Valerio and his quest to reduce exploitation—both environmental and human—in the jewelry market. He's currently selling "green gold" (that term really needs some marketing help) from a small jewelry store in Chichester, England, but is working with the Fairtrade Foundation and the Association Responsible Mining—a trade group he helped found—to figure out how to certify gold as Fairtrade by 2009.
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11:08 PM on Tue Jan 8 2008
By Chris Walters
1,255 views, 49 comments

Latest by ltlbbynthn: Yes! I would buy anything ethically produced when I can afford it. It's good there is an option. more »