Grads' gowns are filling landfills
When Jeff Barnes listed his graduation cap and gown on eBay , he was thinking more about the environment than his wallet.
Barnes, who lives in a one-bedroom apartment, said he didn't have the space or the sentimental inclination to keep the gown from his graduation at Macalester College , but didn't want to throw it away, either.
"It might as well go to someone else rather than the landfill,” said Barnes, a ...
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