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Pepsico Ireland Reduces Waste Water / Increases Recycling

Pepsico in Ireland takes sustainability seriously.  Caring for the environment and their impact are important considerations.  To that end … ” … An Environmental Sustainability project … delivered 12% reduction in water use …  5% reduction in energy use … recycle 95% of all waste. …”   Via:  Pepsico  LINK Post Details Posted by Green … Continue reading

Codima Green Partners with Recycling Leader to Process Electronics Waste

By Trupti Kamath TMCnet Contributor Codima (News – Alert) Inc., a global provider of integrated network management software products and electronics recycling for small to big companies, announced that the company has entered its first agreement for its recently introduced division Codima Green. Codima Green has entered a partnership agreement with a leader in recycling to process … Continue reading

Reconnect Partnership – Safe and Easy Computer Recycling for Consumers

Reconnect is managed by Dell and Goodwill Industries. … started in Austin, Texas in 2004. … is available to consumers … across the U.S. and is continuing to expand. Click for a Reconnect location. Donated equipment ” … managed with highest standards for workplace and environmental safety. … not exporting waste or sending any environmentally … Continue reading

Remove caps before recycling bottles, consumers told

Latest news 11 June 2010 Consumers have been reminded to take the bottle caps off of their bottles to make recycling more efficient. Ahead of an expected increase in waste during the World Cup, Herefordshire Council has highlighted the fact that bottle caps tend not to be recyclable. Laura Blackwell, recycling officer at the council, … Continue reading

Incentives better than penalties for recycling, claims secretary

Latest news 09 June 2010 The communities secretary Eric Pickles has scrapped plans to allow councils to charge households for sending large amounts of rubbish to landfill. However, the minister has spoken favourably of the idea of financial incentives as a reward for people who recycle more. Discussing the issue, Friends of the Earth executive … Continue reading

New Energy Partnership Brings Reward To Recycling

Enterprise PCs work while they sleep — saving energy and money — with new software ( University of California – San Diego ) Personal computers in enterprise environments save energy and money by “sleep-working,” thanks to new software called SleepServer created by computer scientists from the University of California, San Diego. Sleep-working enterprise PCs are … Continue reading

New recycling plant launched in Wales

Latest news 29 May 2010 The Welsh first minister has visited a new recycling facility that is being set up in the north of the country. Ieuan Wyn Jones travelled to the new plant, which is based in Shotton, yesterday (Thursday, May 27th). Materials such as plastic, paper, metals and cardboard will be recycled at … Continue reading

Mobile phone recycling urged

Latest news 28 May 2010 Britons have been urged to recycle their old mobile phones by one environmental organisation. Waste Watch said that it is very important to recycle mobiles as they have now become fast moving items. The process of recycling them is very simple and an added incentive is that users can be … Continue reading

Scotland ‘approaching recycling target’

Latest news 26 May 2010 Scotland is nearing its target for recycling levels, it has been reported. The annual recycling and composting levels in Scotland increased last year, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has revealed. According to SEPA, 36.4 per cent of waste was recycled or composted during 2009. Kenny Boag, SEPA’s national waste … Continue reading

Rare-earth metal recycling needed to power green tech

by Martin LaMonica Font size Print E-mail Share 6 comments Share Metal recycling is the sleeper growth industry ingreen tech. Specialty metals, such as lithium and indium, and rare-earth elements, such as neodymium, are required for production of many green-technology products, including batteries for hybridcars, LED lights, fuel cells, and solar panels. But to ensure … Continue reading