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Cash for Recyclers . Swedes Charitable Recycling Machine
Mar 15th, 2010
Posts Tagged ‘solution’
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Recycle. Push. Donate
Recycling a metallic can in Sweden gives you 0.5kr (Swedish Krona) or 6 yen. Recycling plastic bottles give you 1kr or 2kr, equivalent to 12 or 25 yen. No wonder around 91% of cans and 88% of plastic bottles are recycled each year.
The Swedes have taken this system to the next level by adding a new charity button to the recycling machines. Instead of getting a money voucher, you can choose to donate the money to the Swedish Cooperation Centre charity working towards giving “help to self help” in developing countries. (more…)
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Seven things you can do to lead a greener life
Green Thing uses clever videos and graphics from some of the best creative talent in the world to inspire the rest of us to act against climate change. There are seven topics, big and small, you can enjoy doing to make the world a better place. From saving energy to walking more or going easy on the meat; watch, laugh, enjoy, but most importantly – be inspired and do the green thing! (more…)
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We’ve talked a lot about food at greenz.jp and about reducing waste associated with food, including ideas such as the okaeri plate and the “WASARA” Good Plate For Good Food, but there hasn’t been much discussion about wasted food itself. And yet, 19 million tonnes of food goes in the trash every year and 9 million tonnes of this hasn’t even expired before it hits the bin, while more than 650,000 people in Japan lack food security. Sad, wasteful and shameful statistics that Second Harvest Japan (2HJ) is trying to do something about. (more…)
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GreenAdvertizing.com just launched the worlds first carbon neutral ad network.
GreenAdvertizing.com is unusal as advertising businesses go as the company is not just about profit. GreenAdvertizing.com is an ethical company and invests in green entrepreneurs and social enterprise. (more…)
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The world’s largest eco-products event, the Eco-Products Exhibition is in its eleventh year at Tokyo Big Sight and features a wide variety of organizations that in some form or fashion are doing environmental work. The most disappointing thing for me about the 2009 Eco-Product Exhibition is that I was only able to attend for one day. As one of the 180,000 guests for this year trying to see more than 700 booths was, to say the least, a bit tricky. But the time was well worth it, and my calendar for next year is already marked!
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We received this email from The OneHundredMonths Crew through a friend of greenz.jp. Be sure to get involved in this most important project!
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