May 15, 2012

What Started as a Gift Idea Has Become her Grafton Business: Countertops to Cutting BoardsBy Brenda CharpentierUnionLeader.com

Grafton, NH – Growing up on a northern Maine potato farm, Deb Dumond learned the value of recycling long before recycling was cool.She remembers dutifully saving pieces of string and bread bags, which made great liners for boots in mud season.

“We recycled everything. Nothing went to the trash or to the dump unless it was totally worn out,” Dumond said.

So it seems natural to Dumond that she would one day start a home-based business with recycling at its core. But operating a business wasn’t in her plans at all just a couple of years ago when it all started.

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