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SF Recycling & Disposal Inc.

Not only do they recycle everything from beer cans to house paint (which its workers pick up in alternatively fueled trucks, remix, and give away to developing nations), they also have a meandering sculpture garden full of rusted springs and discarded soda bottles transformed into aesthetic object in addition to an artist-in-residence. Once a month, the public is invited to tour the dump, and quarterly there's an art exhibition, complete with an opening-night party.