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Nowadays, there are already many glass manufacturing industries working solely with recovered material. For each 1,000 kg of shattered glass used in the process 1,200 kg of raw material is saved; for each 10% of shattered glass burnt in ovens, 2 to 5 % of energy is saved and gaseous …

For the first time in Europe, the problem of recycling and giving a final destination to automotive vehicles is being discussed as a subject of federal legislation. A new law, approved this year by the German parliament fees cars abandoned in the streets, appoints car industries as responsible for the …

Recycling campaigns in some cities in the United States and in Western Europe encourage the population to take their recyclable domestic solid waste (glass, plastic, paper, cardboard paper, metal, etc.) to proper disposable units, usually large and colorful plastic containers installed in public places, to be removed to sorting centers or …

Brussels was the venue for and unusual fashion event earlier this year. To mark the launch of a packaging waste guide from the Association of cities for Recycling, a recycled plastic fashion show demonstrated the potencial these material offer to entirely new applications

The Government of Nepal has decided to ban the sale of bottled drinks around Mount Everest, the World´s highest peak, as this stream has become a real problem in the national park. Euwid Recycling & Waste Management reports that the local environmental agency hopes a switch from bottles to can …

Interface Inc., in Atlanta, USA company which makes carpets, is pioneering carpet leasing – installing and maintaining carpets for a fee rather than selling them. This is the logical conclusion of the Producer Responsibility concept, where customers pay for the service they want (in this case a floor covering service), …

OTL Sportfashion Vertrieb, a German manufacturer has proposed a scheme to take back used clothes within five years of purchase. Purchasers receive a voucher to be presented with the clothes and retailers return clothing to OTL having refunded the value of the voucher to the customer

In Germany coffins weighing only 12 kg made from 85% waste paper and which pack flat are on sale. Although they cost half the price of a wooden coffin, their appearance is similar. One of their advantages is reduced air pollution at crematoriums

The Lakeland recycling office is collecting out-of-date phone books through March 25. Link:

An answer to the Explainer’s 2007 Question of the Year Link: