COLUMBIA — You might not expect the person who oversees Columbia’s waste collection to recycle your waste into artwork, but that's the sort of guy Richard Wieman is. In fact, he's been doing things a little differently ever since he entered the city’s Solid Waste Division 35 years ago.
Columbia solid waste manager turns trash into treasure
35-year veteran has overseen dramatic expansion of utility
Thursday, September 30, 2010 | 5:13 p.m. CDT;
updated 10:50 a.m. CDT, Friday, October 1, 2010
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