November 12, 2009
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Waste & Recycling Newsletter November 12, 2009 |
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America recycles day - Beyond bottles to buildings
America Recycles Day is November 15, 2009. Recycling is a way that every American can help to protect the environment and conserve natural resources. By recycling at home and at work, you can help to reduce carbon emissions associated with extracting natural resources, manufacturing new products and waste disposal. While what we traditionally think of as recycling - cans, bottles, paper - are great opportunities for every American to help protect the environment, there are other ways that communities, industry and institutions can extend recycling to land and buildings. Reusing previously ... |
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Australian national first: new waste policy & new recycling schemes for TVs, computers and tyres
At a meeting in Perth the nation`s environment ministers endorsed a new National Waste Policy, the first such national framework charting a ten-year vision for resource recovery and waste management. The policy includes a landmark scheme for recycling computers and televisions, with householders able to drop off used computers and TVs for recycling free of charge, Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett announced. `Under the new product stewardship scheme, 80 per cent of all TVs and computers are expected to be recycled by 2021,` Mr Garrett said. The Minister said Australia produced ... |
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