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Cash Incentives Get Recyclers In Motion In Eugene

Ashley Schiller, July 22nd, 2008

The Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) in Oregon is giving a $30 cash incentive to citizens willing to recycle old, inefficient refrigerators and freezers, reports KVAL.com. "Many people don’t realize how much energy their older appliances are using,” EWEB Energy Specialist, Colleen Wedin, told KVAL. “By recycling rarely-used second refrigerators or older units that have been replaced with new, energy efficient ... read more

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California E-Waste Recycler Adds 100th Location to Network

Trey Granger, July 22nd, 2008

After launching six months ago, the GREENetwork has grown to feature 100 locations for Californians to drop off obsolete electronics for recycling. The parent company behind the GREENetwork, ASL Recycling, reports it has already recycled seven million pounds of e-waste in 2008. Most of the current GREENspot locations are in the San Francisco Bay Area. These locations are committed to offering free ... read more

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Analysts Now Research the Sustainability of Large Corporations

Francine Hardaway, July 22nd, 2008

An organization called the Sustainable Investment Research Analysts Network has just issued a report that says more than half of America’s largest publicly traded companies now report on their sustainability effort. Over a third integrate elements of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability reporting guidelines. The GRI guidelines establish a standard for what should be in a sustainability report. This ... read more

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