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UK Retailer Recycles 100M Hangers for UNICEF

Mary Mazzoni, February 9th, 2012

U.K. retailer Marks & Spencer has recycled 100 million hangers in the last six months, raising more than $588,000 for international children's charity, UNICEF. The retailer's hanger recycling scheme is simple: customers are given the option not to take hangers home, and hangers left behind are reused in-store or recycled, M&S said. For every £1 saved from hanger recycling, M&S ... read more

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Tagged bangladesh, cardboard, recy, recycle, recycling, reuse

Published in Clothing


Couples Travel the World Without Planes, Cars

Alexis Petru, July 28th, 2011

On July 21, more than 60 bicycle, transit and pedestrian enthusiasts gathered in a community center in San Francisco to hear stories of people who think outside the car and plane. “Car-Free Adventures and Heroes,” organized by nonprofit TransForm that seeks to improve the Bay Area’s public transportation and walkability, featured a couple who spent a year traveling the ... read more

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Tagged bangladesh, bicycle, oil

Published in Automotive


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Eco Index Reveals True Impact of Big-name Brand Clothing

Chloe Skye, August 10th, 2010

A collaboration between 100 major apparel brands and retailers has resulted in a new software tool called the Eco Index, which measures the carbon footprint of their products. Set to debut in this month at the Outdoor Retailer Expo in Salt Lake City, Utah, the sustainability index’s development is the industry’s first environmental assessment tool, similar in design ... read more

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Tagged bangladesh, clothingandtextile, organic, packaging, reduce

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Governments Propose International Ship Recycling Convention

Lori Brown, May 14th, 2009

When you think of recycling, ships may not be the first image that come to mind. In reality, ships represent an enormous amount of metal and hazardous waste associated with construction and demolition, making their eventual recycling of great importance. In a week-long meeting that began May 11 in Hong Kong, governments gathered to determine measures to make ship recycling safer ... read more

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Tagged bangladesh, basics, beaches, ideas, lead, noteworthy, pakistan, recycle, steel

Published in Metal


Bangladesh

Raquel Fagan, October 13th, 2008

Waste Concern Website: http://www.wasteconcern.org/ Address: House-21(Side B), Road-7, Block-G, Banani Model Town, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh Phone: (+880) 2 - 987 30 02 Email: wastecon@dhaka.agni.com

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Raquel Fagan, April 13th, 2007


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Tagged austria, bangladesh, basics, columbia, denmark, egypt, finland, greece, hungary, ideas, ireland, israel, location, noteworthy, pakistan, recycle, uae

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