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TemasEtUnam Synopsis in English: Three biotech enterprises and a university from the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais (MG) have developed a biodegradable material made from sugarcane waste (bagasse) which they believe will be shortly be available for the manufacture of packaging and containers. The three firms (Viveiro Flora Brasil, Lótus Soluções Ambientais, Floema Nutrição Vegetal) and the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU) are all located in the fabled “Triângulo Mineiro” in Western MG...
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TemasEtUnam Synopsis in English: In June the southern Brazilian of Paraná announced that it had increased its recovery of pesticide packaging by 20% (by weight) over the prior year. Just last year Paraná announced that they want to become the first state to comply 100% with the federal mandate to take back such packaging. North America and most European nations come nowhere near Paraná’s recovery rates for pesticide packaging in the high 90’s. In the first five months of 2008 Paran...
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Greeting Card Collage I have old greeting cards in almost every drawer in my house, this craft is fun, easy and helps you get rid of the clutter! Gather your materials. You will need those old cards you have hanging around, some glue, some scissors and a piece of construction paper.Start by cutting out pictures from the images on the cards. Older kids can and should do this step, they will love it too!Grab the glue and go for it! Today was my son's first day gluing himself and there...
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Reduce, reuse, and recycle are the 3 key sustainable strategies in waste management. As the hierarchy graphic above illustrates, these 3 strategies are not equally important. First reduce your use where you can, then reuse what you still need to use, and finally recycle what is left.
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Put simply, just don’t consume what you don’t need. By reducing your consumption you will: conserve the energy and natural resources used in manufacturing, shipping, etc. of products; create less waste...
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An interesting thing happened over the last two weeks. Well, interesting to people like me who've been following the packaging waste debate for decades, at least. Environment enforcement officials for Rio de Janeiro (RJ) state "blitzed" supermarkets in Rio de Janeiro city — first on 19 October in the well-to-do Leblon section, then on 23 October in the Tijuca section — and fined them for not complying with Latin America's first plastic packaging law. This quickly led to a...
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The Old Mantra For a long time one of the defining mantras of the environmental movement has been "Reduce. Reuse.
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Bunten and Harmon urged residents to turn in their used phone books to help the environment and conserve landfill space. Harmon, a lawyer, submitted four ...
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PosiPeople, a new community-driven forum that highlights positive impact on society and the environment, has been launched today. PosiPeople allows anyone to submit, vote, and comment on any content on the web that is about positive impact on society and the environment. Some examples of the...
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"Into the Great Outdoors" DVD, companion story & activity book plus bonus CD offer parents a support tool to reinforce good behavior in kids. Chipper delivers playful lessons about nature and the environment. Company helps foster environmental stewards and instills respect for self and others in...
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Paperless billing is being adopted at a faster pace than ever because of the benefits it provides to all parties. The biller achieves cost reductions while their customers enjoy the convenience of receiving bills electronically. Best of all, paperless billing has significant benefit to the...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A crowd of gorillas has survived in the northern part of the Republic of Congo -- so many that environmentalists can double population estimates, according to a report released on Tuesday.
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Molded Fiber, a UFP Technologies brand, today announced that it has increased its focus on the production of its 100% recycled molded pulp packaging for both the retail and the health and beauty care markets. Recent equipment additions have included large platen, high tonnage presses necessary...
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Seventh Generation, the nation’s top provider of environmentally preferable non-toxic household products and a founder of the corporate responsibility movement, is marking the release of its 2007 Corporate Responsibility Report with a special contest aimed at sharing the ideas the report contains...
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The Apple-authorized repair company from Olathe, Kansas buys unwanted, previously used iPhones. Whether the phone is broken or still functioning, the usable parts can be refurbished while the non-working parts are recycled or disposed of in an environmentally safe manner. (PRWEB Aug 4, 2008...
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Energy Curtailment Specialists announces latest environmental campaign. (PRWEB Aug 4, 2008)
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