IFBA’s recycling program, begun in 2011, has been limiting its impact on the environment. Last year, the program kept roughly 536,000 pounds of reusable materials out of the landfill and created two full-time positions at its plant in the process.
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IFBA’s recycling program, begun in 2011, has been limiting its impact on the environment. Last year, the program kept roughly 536,000 pounds of reusable materials out of the landfill and created two full-time positions at its plant in the process.
A new art class at Industries for the Blind Asheville challenges notions about the word “visual” in the term visual arts. (Photo of Becky Willis and Lou Mahoney by Caitlin Byrd)