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European Paper Industry Cuts CO2 Emissions by 42% since 1990

Posted by Environmental Leader on 20/11/2009

The European paper industry has reduced CO2 emissions per ton of paper produced by 42 percent since 1990, according to the Confederation of European Paper Industries’ (CEPI) fourth Sustainability Report (PDF).The paper industry was the only industrial sector to reduce emissions under the EU ...

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Whirlpool Cuts Water Use by Nearly 22% from 2004 to 2008

Posted by Environmental Leader on 20/11/2009

Whirlpool Corp. is on track to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 6.6 percent by 2012, according to the company’s first global sustainability report. The company also cut water use by 21.5 percent and overall waste generated per unit decreased by nearly 4 percent from 2004 to 2008. T ...

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Cigarette butts recycled into rolls could help insulate homes

Posted by DeshRaj on 20/11/2009

Call it their helplessness, reluctance or the plain denial to shun the abhorrent habit; it makes smokers despicable to others (who do not smoke). Besides, it is cancerous to environment. However, the London Borough at Harrow hopes to lend some...

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Eco artists change Houstans poor recycling image with their creations

Posted by AditiJ on 20/11/2009

Not until Divya Murthy and Nicola Parente attended the Systems of Sustainability: Art, Innovation, Action (SOS) conference held at University of Houston, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts last spring, did they realize that their idea of...

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Advanced CD recycling facility in Melbourne to reprocess one million ton annually

Posted by DeshRaj on 20/11/2009

Alex Fraser Group unveils a $45 million construction and demolition (CD) materials recycling facility in Victoria, Melbourne. With an annual capacity of approximately one million ton, the state-of-the-art facility, dubbed as the Western Metropolitan.

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