Recycling

Eastern Environment Announces 1071% Year-Over-Year and 230% Sequential Increase in Revenue for the Second Quarter of …

NEW YORK and HARBIN, China — Eastern Environment Solutions Corp. , a leading provider of municipal solid waste processing and disposal services in northeast China, today announced its results of the second quarter of 2010 and provided an update on its landfill operations and newly launched plastic bottle recycling business.

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Live Q&A: Environment secretary

From paid recycling to badger culling, the new secretary of state for environment will answer your questions from 1.15pm today • Read what her predecessor Nick Herbert promised Caroline Spelman, the new secretary of state for environment , food and rural affairs, will be answering your questions live today at 1.15pm BST. Please post your questions in the comments below.

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Live Q&A: Environment secretary

Ministry enforces environment litter laws

Fiji’s Ministry of Environment has embarked on enforcing the Environment Management Act 2005 and the Waste Disposal and Recycling Regulations 2007 in the northern division.

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Ministry enforces environment litter laws

Environment Day

Carbon gyms, driving simulators and recycling art sessions are among the activities at the fourth annual Environment Day, being held in Holland Park on Saturday June 5.

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Environment Day

Scrap Recycling Provides Positive Opportunities for the Environment

WASHINGTON, DC–(Marketwire - 04/06/10) - With Earth Day rapidly approaching — and prospects for federal action on global climate change likely stalled due to legislative gridlock — where are the opportunities for improving the environment and building long-term sustainability?

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New Trenton engine plant helps environment, too (Detroit Free Press)

Not only is Chrysler’s new Trenton South engine plant making a new higher performing and more fuel-efficient V6 engine, the factory is the auto industry’s first engine plant to earn coveted environment certification for its recycling of materials, the conservation of water and electricity.

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New Trenton engine plant helps environment, too (Detroit Free Press)

Antiquated recycling harms City’s environment, health (Vietnam Net)

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City scientists and environmentalists are raising the alarm about the obsolete methods being used by many recycling businesses that are harmful to the environment and people’s health.

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Antiquated recycling harms City’s environment, health (Vietnam Net)

The Water Environment Federation And The National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association Announce New Partnership (PollutionOnline)

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association (NOWRA) - a not-for-profit organization that educates and represents the decentralized systems and onsite wastewater treatment profession - are pleased to announce a significant new partnership that will take effect on February 1, 2010.

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Environment Agency warns smaller firms could breach new battery rules (vnunet.com)

Cath Everett, BusinessGreen , Wednesday 20 January 2010 at 00:15:00 Watchdog fears small businesses have not complied with new battery rules ahead of February deadline The Environment Agency has warned that many small businesses that manufacture or sell either portable batteries or battery-operated equipment are at risk of breaching new rules governing battery recycling when they come into …

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Benefits of Recycling

Recycling is process that should be the primary means of disposing garbage and any other unwanted goods. The primary reason for this is the drastic reduction in raw materials required to produce a specific product. However, there are many other reasons for embracing recycling as well.

The immense reduction in the volume of waste that goes to landfills is a major benefit to the environment and as result to us as well. Recycling reduces the amount of space needed but also pollution caused by chemical leakage and incineration. The realization that raw materials are a finite resource is leading many companies to employ buy-back programs. This not only helps the world manage its resources better but also lowers cost for businesses that do not need to purchase raw materials anymore. This also helps to bring down energy costs, as it is far more expensive to produce something from a scratch. Recycling creates a new industry for people to partake in, which means more jobs and in this time of recession, jobs are worth more than gold.

Recycling can also be a fun venture for many communities. It offers an opportunity for people to come together for a common cause that is for the betterment of all. In addition, recycling can be profitable, financially, by selling the material collected, back to the manufacturers. Using these profits to build facilities or services for the community is yet another benefit to recycling in making this world a better place to live in.
The bottom line is, natural resources on our planet are dwindling and the environment is under threat as well. Recycling is the natural way to combat both these problems and build a better future for our children.

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