Give us your Clothes

Clothes are often one of the most overlooked items for recycling. Most of us either give them to our younger siblings or throw them away. If you want to put a figure to the wastage try 190,000 tons. That’s how much of clothes end in New York landfills alone. That is a shame if you think about it. Clothes can be recycled or even given away to charity.

New York City is trying to do something positive about this issue. From September of this year, 50 collection bins will be placed throughout the city in an attempt cajole the public to do something positive. The bins will be located in high traffic areas in order to achieve maximum visibility and accessibility.

NYC has called for bids from non-profit companies who are willing to come on board for a 10-15 year period. Goodwill Industries International is one of the companies that are interested in the venture. Goodwill appears to want the clothes for reselling purposes as many items are hardly damaged or require very little mending. They also appear to have methods to recycle even tattered pieces of clothing. It is expected that over half the donations will be of resalable nature, most of the rest used in the automotive industry as well as the insulation industry. What remains is projected to be only about five percent of the original volume and that is what will finally end up in a landfill.

If the project kicks off well and finds success, other states are soon set to follow NYC’s example.

Composting not only good for the environment; it can save time and money

If helping the environment isn’t incentive enough to start composting, consider this: It will save you time and money, too.

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Environment, women’s welfare top agenda of actress-politicians

The promotion of women and children’s welfare, environment and agriculture topped the priorities of two popular actresses who won seats in the House of Representatives in the nationwide automated polls last May. Incoming Cavite Rep. Lani Mercado-Revilla bared drafts of a measure that will push for the establishment of an “open high school” for out-of-school but deserving youth and students.

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Environment Min sets up panel to look into impact of Vedanta mining on tribals, wildlife & biodiversity

Environment Min sets up panel to look into impact of Vedanta mining on tribals, wildlife & biodiversityEnvironment Min sets up panel to look into impact of Vedanta mining on tribals, wildlife & biodiversity

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Environment minister biggest name to go as Saskatchewan premier overhauls cabinet

REGINA – Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has shown his environment minister and two other people the door in what is likely to be his last cabinet shuffle before an election.

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Politics › Environment minister to visit Latin America, U.S. in July

Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa said Tuesday he plans to visit Latin America and the United States in late July ahead of October’s international meeting in…

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Politics › Environment minister to visit Latin America, U.S. in July

N.B. environment minister says the province is on track to meet emission targets

New Brunswick’s environment minister says the province is on track to reduce greenhouse emissions to 1990 levels by 2012.

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Environment Ministry forms new panel on Niyamgiri Vedanta mining

The Environment Ministry has formed a new panel to look into issues related to alleged violation of forest rights of tribals in Orissa’s Niyamgiri, where it has held up clearance to a bauxite mining project of Vedanta Resources.

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Environment will keep £400K from bus rise – for now

ENVIRONMENT will pocket the £400,000 it is aiming to raise through a bus fare increases – for now.

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Environment and Waste Management Centre in Singapore

SINGAPORE, 28 JUNE, 2010: The International Solid Waste Association (Iswa) will establish a training, advisory and promotion (TAP) centre for environment and waste management in the republic.

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Environment and Waste Management Centre in Singapore

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