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Glue on stamps and envelopes makes recycling paper much more difficult
because it tends to gum up the works. But the US Postal Service says it will
have a solution by this time next year.

The US Forest Products Laboratory is looking for the ideal glue. And
officials hope that businesses will use it on labels, envelopes and packaging
tape.

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