Participants at the first-ever e-Waste Academy for policymakers and small businesses, organised in Accra, Ghana by the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) and StEP – a partnership of several UN organisations, industry, government, NGOs and the science sector – have heard how electronic waste now contains precious metal "deposits" 40 to 50 times richer than ores.
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Participants at the first-ever e-Waste Academy for policymakers and small businesses, organised in Accra, Ghana by the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) and StEP – a partnership of several UN organisations, industry, government, NGOs and the science sector – have heard how electronic waste now contains precious metal "deposits" 40 to 50 times richer than ores.
GARBAGE: Local system could provide disposal model for smaller communities.
By STEVE WILLIAMS
Chilkat Valley News
(Published: May 9, 2003)
HAINES A new garbage composting system here is being watched closely by small towns around the nation as a possible solution to solid waste disposal.
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GARBAGE: Local system could provide disposal model for smaller communities.
By STEVE WILLIAMS
Chilkat Valley News
(Published: May 9, 2003)
HAINES A new garbage composting system here is being watched closely by small towns around the nation as a possible solution to solid waste disposal.
More than two dozen cities nationwide have either banned plastic grocery bags in some cases even paper bags entirelyhave imposed a fee for using them in order to encourage the use of reusable bags. Other cities are considering similar action. However, such policies have hidden costs that are virtually ignored.
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More than two dozen cities nationwide have either banned plastic grocery bags in some cases even paper bags entirelyhave imposed a fee for using them in order to encourage the use of reusable bags. Other cities are considering similar action. However, such policies have hidden costs that are virtually ignored.
More than two dozen cities nationwide have either banned plastic grocery bags in some cases even paper bags entirelyhave imposed a fee for using them in order to encourage the use of reusable bags. Other cities are considering similar action. However, such policies have hidden costs that are virtually ignored.
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One of the dirtiest and most demonized portions of the municipal waste stream may soon be diverted from its centuries-long decomposition site: landfills.
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