Bottled or tap? Let the water wars begin!

I'm endeavouring to keep up with the news of the Mayor of San Francisco banning the city's employees from buying bottled water, apparently, the International Bottled Water Association has issued a press release pointing out some misformed statements by the Mayor, Gavin Newsom.

Bottled Water Strikes Back!
posted by Zach Patton
Yesterday, we wrote about cities' touting the drinkability -- nay, deliciousness! -- of their tap water.
Unsurprisingly, the International Bottled Water Association isn't too keen on the whole idea of the tap. We got a press release email from the IBWA yesterday, responding specifically to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's executive order banning city agencies from buying bottled water for their employees.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has issued an Executive Directive to ban the purchase of bottled water by San Francisco City and County governments. The Mayor’s order contains a number of misinformed statements....

It is unfortunate that San Francisco city and county employees will not be able to enjoy the benefits of bottled water because government administrators have focused on one narrow segment of bottled beverages. Bottled water is growing in popularity because people appreciate its consistent quality, taste, and convenience and choose bottled water over the other beverages because it does not contain calories, caffeine, sugar, artificial flavors or colors, alcohol and other ingredients.

Bottled or tap? Let the water wars begin!

http://governing.typepad.com/13thfloor/2007/06/bottled-water-s.html#comment-74266010

Keywords;
carbon trading, carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon cycle, carbon neutral, carbon credits

Is tidal energy next wave? (San Francisco)

I've been seeing a lot of press recently on some new renewable energy technology, such as generating electricity in the ocean from waves. Its basically all about harnessing the energy that's created by the action of waves breaking. The following article is from San Francisco again!

There's an Australian company involved in developing this type of wave power technology;
www.carnegiecorp.com.au
Carnegie Corporation Ltd (CNM, formerly Carnegie Minerals NL) is a dynamic company focused in clean energy investment and development. Carnegie is currently involved in developing two exciting clean energy technologies: the CETO Wave Energy technology & its 100% owned Clean Coal Power (CCP) Technology.

Is tidal energy next wave?
Water flowing through Golden Gate floated as fresh power source
By Janis Mara, BUSINESS WRITER
Article Last Updated: 06/20/2007 03:39:07 AM PDT

The tide is turning in the direction of alternative forms of energy — literally.
Water flowing through the Golden Gate may provide a new source of zero-emission, renewable electric power for households and businesses in California thanks to a research agreement signed Tuesday between Pacific Gas & Electric, the City and County of San Francisco and Golden Gate Energy Co.

Though PG&E wouldn't make any predictions, experts described the Golden Gate as potentially the best tidal energy site in the continental U.S. and said a 35-megawatt power plant, enough to power as many as 26,000 homes, is a possibility.

To read the full article, use this link;
http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_6184661?source=most_viewed

Bottled Water Ban (San Francisco)

This is amazing, the Mayor of San Francisco has placed a ban on bottled water recently! They all should be using a Hydropal, http://www.hydropal.com.au/

CNN focuses on Greenpeace response to rule that cans bottles in name of global warming.
By Jeff Poor Business & Media Institute
6/25/2007 1:41:30 PM

Following the radically liberal traditions of San Francisco, Mayor Gavin Newsome banned municipal departments from purchasing bottled water, even for water coolers.

But, that wasn’t good enough for the environmental extremist left or CNN. The June 25 “American Morning” broadcast highlighted the Greenpeace response to the rule, which goes into effect July 1.

Samantha Rogers, a Greenpeace Energy Policy analyst, wasn’t satisfied because it wasn’t enough. “Well, Greenpeace whole-heartedly supports efforts to reduce plastic waste and the consumption of oil,” she explained. “We have to call into question the significance of this move however.”

CNN didn’t include anyone from the bottled water industry to speak against the extreme ban. But fill-in anchor Rob Marciano was quick to recommend drinking “tap water” because “that’s one way everybody could save the environment.”

http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2007/20070625133938.aspx

Used chip wafers were considered all but worthless, sent to landfills or recycling centers

At the moment used CDs and DVDs end up as drinks coasters or just thrown out in the trash. At EcoDisc we would like to change this process. Scratched discs do have value, send your scratched ones to Ecodisc, PO Box 590, Lindfield, NSW, 2070, and this will stop needless landfill trash. And then read below for how previously worthless silicon chips are now being recycled;

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/wafers-once-went-landfills-now/story.aspx?guid=%7BB5AEFB63%2DA594%2D4301%2D8F2E%2D7E37AE768A3D%7D

Moonlighting in solar
For chip manufacturers, wafers 'have been like gold' of late
By Matt Andrejczak, MarketWatch
Last Update: 12:52 PM ET Jun 13, 2007


SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Not long ago, used chip wafers were considered all but worthless, sent to landfills or recycling centers. But semiconductor makers have found a new home for the millions of wafers they exhaust each year: the emerging solar industry.



Solar-panel suppliers have even been scouring the market for silicon powder -- that is, the dust that's left over from the reactors that make virgin polysilicon. It used to be swept from the factory floor into barrels. Now it can fetch as much as $250 a kilogram, according to SVM's Callinan.

PET bottles end up as beautiful objects

I really like these scupltures created out of waste PET bottles, just amazing.

Take a better look at this link;

http://miwa.metm.org/PET_project/

"I use a combination of heat guns, soldering irons and different cutting utensils to make these PETs. I wanted to work with glass but this is more fun. I have as much material as I want just by fishing in the garbage."

"what is PET?
PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is in fact very natural, it is made from oil, which comes from really old plants. PET is highly recyclable can be transformed again and again to un-imagined uses."

Plastic Water Bottles, a guide

See below for an article from the National Geographic, a guide to which plastic bottles are safe to drink from! Please note that Hydropal is made from LDPE, a better plastic bottle according to National geographic. http://www.hydropal.com/

http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/101/plastic

Plastic Water Bottles
by P.W. McRandle
Filed under: Kitchen, Plastics, Bottled water
Whether you buy bottled water or conscientiously tote some from home, you'll want to avoid swallowing chemicals along with it. Particularly for small children, whose bodies are developing, it's best to steer clear of plastics that can release chemicals that could harm them in the long term. Below, the plastics not to choose (check the recycling number on the bottom of your bottle) and those that are safer:

Plastics to Avoid:
#3 Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) commonly contains di-2-ehtylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), an endocrine disruptor and probable human carcinogen, as a softener.

#6 Polystyrene (PS) may leach styrene, a possible endocrine disruptor and human carcinogen, into water and food.

#7 Polycarbonate contains the hormone disruptor bisphenol-A, which can leach out as bottles age, are heated or exposed to acidic solutions. Unfortunately, #7 is used in most baby bottles and five-gallon water jugs and in many reusable sports bottles.

Better Plastics:
#1 polyethylene terephthalate (PET or PETE), the most common and easily recycled plastic for bottled water and soft drinks, has also been considered the most safe. However, one 2003 Italian study found that the amount of DEHP in bottled spring water increased after 9 months of storage in a PET bottle.

#2 High Density Polyethylene

#4 Low Density Polyethylene

#5 Polypropylene

Best Reusable Bottles:
Betras USA Sports Bottles, Brita Fill & Go Water Filtration Bottle, Arrow Canteen
Better Baby Bottles: Choose tempered glass or opaque plastic made of polypropylene (#5) or polyethylene (#1), which do not contain bisphenol-A.

Tips for Use:
*Sniff and Taste: If there's a hint of plastic in your water, don't drink it.
*Keep bottled water away from heat, which promotes leaching of chemicals.
*Use bottled water quickly, as chemicals may migrate from plastic during storage. Ask retailers how long water has been on their shelves, and don't buy if it's been months.
*Do not reuse bottles intended for single use. Reused water bottles also make good breeding grounds for bacteria.
*Choose rigid, reusable containers or, for hot/acidic liquids, thermoses with stainless steel or ceramic interiors.

Did you know that water

Did you know that water makes up approximately:
70% of our bodies (80% for newborn babies)
and 75% of muscle structure
and 90% of blood
and 75% of the brain

Did you know:

Water is a vital ingredient in the digestion of food and the metabolism of our bodies.
Water flushes toxins, impurities, and waste out of our systems.
Water transports cells through the bloodstream which are used to fight disease.
Water replenishes the body’s natural fluids, which are depleted by caffeine, alcohol and other diuretics.
Water is a critical part of the body’s cooling system, preventing it from overheating even in high-energy activities at the hottest times of the year.
Water helps to suppress appetite for dieters.
Water increases the body’s resistance to stress and fatigue.
Water reduces dryness and oilyness in skin, keeping it smooth and supple.

All very good reasons to get yourself a Hydropal

Consumer Alert: Move Beyond Bottled Water

Here's some more facts and figures on plastic bottle trash and pollution, and take special note about the tests completed on bottled water brands which found more contaminants in the bottled water than in plain tap water! see below.

http://healthycooking.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!862A98852B6F8FE8!405.entry

It takes more water to make a plastic bottle than the amount it holds!

Waste: Large amounts of energy are consumed in manufacture, transportation, and recycling of the bottles. Nine out of ten plastic water bottles end up as garbage or litter, and not recycled! That's 30 million discarded plastic bottles each, more than 10 billion a year.

Toxicity and Health: In 2002, 1.5 million tons of plastic was used to package 6 billion gallons of bottled water. The production of this plastic leads to the release of a variety of chemicals. Smaller bottles are usually made from polyethylene terephthalate(PET) which generates more than 100 times more toxic emissions than an equivalent amount of glass. Leaching of chemicals into the water is also a concern. "Eight of the ten 5-gallon polycarbonate jugs we checked left residues of the endocrine disrupter, bisphenol A, in the water" (Consumer Reports 8/00). Leaching increases with heat, raising concern about storage and transportation of the bottles. No problems have been associated with refillable stainless steel containers.

Bottled water less safe than tap water: NRDC tested more than 1,000 bottles of 103 brands of bottled water. They found contamination exceeding allowable limits in at least one sample from about one-thirdo f the brands, including synthetic organics, bacteria, and arsenic. http://www.nrdc.org/issues/

Bottled water is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (US), which has weaker regulations than the EPA regulations for tap water. ("What's in that Bottle?" Consumer Reports 1/03.) Bottled water sold within states is regulated only by state agencies.

COST OF BOTTLED WATER: Is clean water a basic human right or a commodity to be bought and sold? Having created a growing market for bottled water, multinational corporations are exercising their power to get access to springs, aquifers, and municipal water supplies to keep their profits flowing, with little regard for the environmental impacts of large water withdrawals. Nestle has taken over many small, independent companies, set up much larger operations at local springs, and is aggressively pursuing new sites around the Unites States. Coke's Dasani and Pepsi's Aquafina brands depend on cheap municipal water in the United States. See the Movie Thirst, about Water Privatization, happening in CA and around the world.

Courtesy of Healthy Cooking Tips

Chef Tim Johnson

Don't buy bottled water, use a Hydropal instead, www.hydropal.com.au

Underground Coal Gasification and the Possibilities for Carbon Management

Here's some information about an emerging technology which I believe could be very important in the future in helping to reduce the world's carbon emissions, and therefore is a potential method to reduce the climate effects of global warming, read on, it gets pretty technical;

http://www.syngasrefiner.com/ucg/agenda.asp

Underground Coal Gasification and the Possibilities for Carbon Management
Julio Friedmann, energy & environment directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Carbon-capture and storage (CCS) has become increasingly important because of global warming concerns as an effective method of reducing greenhouse gas emission, chiefly CO2, through geological sequestration. Carbon capture economics the close proximity of storage targets found near coal seams chosen for UCG make an attractive carbon management package. The Laboratory's current CO2 capture program combines ASPEN analysis of surface processes with advanced membranes and novel engineering concepts for downhole separation. The CO2 storage program focuses on advanced simulation, monitoring and verification technology and risk assessment and quantification. Dr. Friedman will also examine UCG environmental issues.

The Development and Future of Underground Coal Gasification in the Asian Region
Len Walker, managing director, Cougar Energy Ltd, Australia (ASX:CXY)
Activity in Australia over the past decade has played a significant role in the resurgent interest in UCG as a commercially viable technology. This paper discusses work undertaken there in the 1980’s, the development of the successful test burn at Chinchilla initiated in 1999, and obstacles to the rapid commercialization of the technology. Opportunities for the application of UCG technology in both developed and developing countries in the Asian region are discussed, and a description is given of Cougar Energy’s Kingaroy UCG project in Queensland, Australia.

Underground Coal Gasification and Protection of Groundwater
Paul Bedi, PhD candidate, University of Queensland, Australia
Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) is a process by which coal is converted in-situ to produce a combustible gas at the surface that can be used as a fuel or chemical feedstock. Several UCG projects are currently planned in the USA and around the world. Groundwater interactions play an important role in the gas formation process during UCG. Constant monitoring of water production rates and groundwater pressures in the coal seam and adjacent aquifers throughout the process allows for ongoing calibration of control parameters and effective protection of groundwater quality over the UCG lifecycle. Hydrogeological testing and groundwater monitoring in the vicinity of the UCG operation should commence well in advance of its initiation and continue beyond final shutdown of the gasifier. Coupled with appropriate mitigation techniques, it is possible to operate a UCG process without uncontrolled impacts on groundwater.

(they could also use a Hydropal on the job to ensure the water they are drinking is the freshly filtered)

Why would you spend 250 to 10,000 times more than what you need to

Heres some more figures on the costs of bottled water...save money, use a HYDROPAL, www.hydropal.com.au

http://rantsfromtherookery.blogspot.com/2007/06/why-would-you-spend-250-to-10000-times.html



"Besides the enormous cost of bottled water compared to tap water (bottled water is between 250 to 10,000 times more expensive), there’s an additional expense: its effect on the environment. First there’s the crude oil necessary to produce the plastic bottles, which the Earth Policy Institute estimates at about 1.5 million barrels of oil a year in the U.S., enough to power 100,000 cars. Then there’s the transportation of this weighty product (though about 75 percent of bottled water is produced and consumed regionally). Finally, there’s the issue of getting rid of the empty bottles, only about 10 percent of which are recycled."

The poison lurking in your plastic water bottle

There seems to be a lot of potential risks with consuming bottled water that has a long shelf life, why take the risk when you can use a Hydropal, and always have your water freshly squeezed, filtered on the go!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/dietfitness.html?in_article_id=379624&in_page_id=1798
The poison lurking in your plastic water bottle By JO KNOWSLEY, Daily Mail

A potentially deadly toxin is being absorbed into bottled mineral water from their plastic containers. And the longer the water is stored, the levels of poison increase, research reveals. As the sell-by date on many bottled waters is up to two years, scientists have now called for extensive further studies.

The research by world expert Dr William Shotyk - who has vowed never to drink bottled water again - will be published in the Royal Society of Chemistry's journal next month. It is sure to revive concerns about the safety of bottled water, the world's fastest-growing drinks industry, worth £1.2billion a year.

The tests found traces of antimony, a chemical used in the making of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles, used by most mineral-water sellers.

Water, Water Everywhere:The Growth of Non-Carbonated Beverages in the U.S

Check out the website below for a running counter on the estimated numbers of plastic bottles trashed so far in the United States this year.

http://container-recycling.org/


Americans buy an estimated 28 billion single-serving (1 liter or less) plastic water bottles each year. More than eight out of ten end up in a landfill or incinerator. Hundreds of millions end up as litter on roads and beaches or in streams and other waterways. Taxpayers pay hundreds millions of dollars each year in disposal and litter cleanup costs.

I wonder what the figures are for Australia, probably just as bad, but on a slightly smaller scale.

Reduce your plastic bottle consumption, use a Hydropal!

Plastic ocean

Our oceans are turning into plastic...are we?

http://www.bestlifeonline.com/cms/publish/travel-leisure/Our_oceans_are_turning_into_plastic_are_we.shtml

It began with a line of plastic bags ghosting the surface, followed by an ugly tangle of junk: nets and ropes and bottles, motor-oil jugs and cracked bath toys, a mangled tarp. Tires. A traffic cone. Moore could not believe his eyes. Out here in this desolate place, the water was a stew of plastic crap. It was as though someone had taken the pristine seascape of his youth and swapped it for a landfill.

Recycling plastics is a myth;
This news is depressing enough to make a person reach for the bottle. Glass, at least, is easily recyclable. You can take one tequila bottle, melt it down, and make another tequila bottle. With plastic, recycling is more complicated. Unfortunately, that promising-looking triangle of arrows that appears on products doesn’t always signify endless reuse; it merely identifies which type of plastic the item is made from. And of the seven different plastics in common use, only two of them—PET (labeled with #1 inside the triangle and used in soda bottles) and HDPE (labeled with #2 inside the triangle and used in milk jugs)—have much of an aftermarket. So no matter how virtuously you toss your chip bags and shampoo bottles into your blue bin, few of them will escape the landfill—only 3 to 5 percent of plastics are recycled in any way.

“There’s no legal way to recycle a milk container into another milk container without adding a new virgin layer of plastic,” Moore says, pointing out that, because plastic melts at low temperatures, it retains pollutants and the tainted residue of its former contents. Turn up the heat to sear these off, and some plastics release deadly vapors. So the reclaimed stuff is mostly used to make entirely different products, things that don’t go anywhere near our mouths, such as fleece jackets and carpeting. Therefore, unlike recycling glass, metal, or paper, recycling plastic doesn’t always result in less use of virgin material. It also doesn’t help that fresh-made plastic is far cheaper.

Reduce your plastic bottle consumption, use a Hydropal!

No Man is an Island

Plastic water bottles were found amongst these turtles on a remote Pacific island!

No Man is an Island
Evidence of our actions is everywhere—even on a remote Pacific atoll.
By Joe Spring

http://www.plentymag.com/features/2007/06/no_man_is_an_island.php

Having worked with sea turtles before, I expected as much. What I didn’t expect was all the trash: plastic bottles, laundry baskets, glass bottles, milk crates, fishing line, fishing buoys, fire extinguishers, large nets, fluorescent tubes, and incandescent bulbs. Occasionally I stumbled over a bottle or crushed a bulb.
The bulbs told a story of how human actions affect even the farthest reaches of the planet.

Plastic bottle pollution from onetime use plastic bottles is turning into a massive environmental problem, Get yourself a HYDROPAL and start reducing plastic bottle pollution today.

Ways To Recycle an Unwanted CD-ROM

Scratched and damaged DVDs do not have to end up as drinks coasters, or in the trash, adding to our already bulging landfills, the following article is posted to remind everyone that discs can be recycled very easily using ECODISC.

http://familyinternet.about.com/cs/kidscrafts/a/aarecyclecd.htm


Recycle CD-ROMs into Coasters

Use a piece of tape to cover the center hole. For a coaster holder when they aren't in use, you can store them in half of a CD-ROM jewel case.



(or you could send your unwanted CDs & DVDs to EcoDisc PO Box 590 Lindfield NSW 2070, a much better green idea)

10 billion plastic water bottles end up as garbage (US)

Check out these horrendous figures from the United States regarding plastic water bottles that end up in landfills!

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=614105

Bottled water intake nearly outpaces (yes!) beer
By TOM DAYKIN and KAREN HERZOG
tdaykin@journalsentinel.com
Posted: June 3, 2007

Americans, on average, drank more bottled water in 2006 than milk, according to trade publication Beverage Digest. And Americans now drink nearly as much bottled water as beer.

Growing concerns about obesity and health issues such as diabetes are fueling the bottled water tide, says a recent report by Mintel International Group Ltd., a market research firm. Even signs of growing environmental concerns about bottled water sales are not slowing down the thirst of consumers for this simplest of drinks.

It's no coincidence that two of the biggest bottled water brands-Aquafina and Dasani-are owned by soda giants PepsiCo Inc. and Coca-Cola Co., respectively.

Growth in bottled water sales has slowed somewhat in recent years because of the increasing popularity of energy drinks, Scott said. But the industry is still expanding at a healthy rate, he said. Volume sales for bottled water were up 9.5% in 2006, according to Beverage Marketing Corp.

While bottled water companies encourage recycling of plastic bottles, there has been a backlash of concern about the environment.

Corporate Accountability International, a Boston-based activist group, is aiming its "Think Outside the Bottle" campaign at bottled water makers PepsiCo, Coca-Cola Co. and Nestlé, which owns Ice Mountain, Arrowhead and other brands, in addition to Aquapod.
The group claims bottling plants operated by "water giants" throughout the world are depleting underground water supplies.

Then there's the issue of the bottles themselves.
The Sierra Club says more than 10 billion plastic water bottles end up as garbage or litter annually.

HYDROPAL has the answer to many of these issues!

Time to reduce our environmental footprints (Canada)

Plastic bottle pollution from onetime use plastic bottles is turning into a massive environmental problem, HYDROPAL is a new solution to this.

This is a good article from Canada about ways to reduce our effects on the environment:

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/839468.html

By DEBORAH MENSAH-BONSU

While walking through this world, have you ever stopped to look back at your footprints? Not only the kind stamped into the ground by the sole of your shoe, but one composed of everything you do that has an impact on this planet.

The ecological footprints Canadians are leaving behind are carving out an unsettling future, says Colin Isaacs, president of CIAL Group, an environmental consulting firm.

As the world’s population of 6.5 billion continues to grow, resources are dwindling rapidly, he said. "We need to find ways to reduce our environmental footprint and provide ways for everyone to live a better lifestyle."

Since we can’t turn back the clock and live primitive lives in caves, as Mr. Isaacs put it, we have to produce goods and live in a manner that will meet our needs but have less of an impact on the environment. To avoid a major crisis, he said, people will have to reduce the use of fossil fuels in particular.

President’s Choice, for example, has developed a line of "green" products such as a shopping bag made from used pop and water bottles. Reusing items that were on their way to the landfill is a good use of resources, he said.

War declared on plastic bags

I think that dumped CDs and DVDs is a huge problem as well, and so far there has been virtually no attention focussed on CD recycling. Do your bit for the environment, and send your scratched and unwanted DVDs to ECODISC, PO Box 590 Lindfield NSW 2070

See below for some of the current focus on plastic shopping bags as a big environmental problem.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/070602/2/13n3o.html

ACT Environment Minister Jon Stanhope

Mr Stanhope said although there was dispute over the extent of the environmental impact of plastic bags, reducing their use would be symbolic and practical.
"We can argue about how many tonnes of landfill are accounted for by plastic bags, or how many seals and dolphins suffer a slow and painful death after ingesting bags, but we cannot avoid the conclusion that if we want to live in a society that generates as little waste as possible, we must act in areas where we are able to act," he said.
"I believe that plastic bags are a product of our consumerist society that we can well do without, particularly since they are produced using scarce fossil fuels."
Mr Stanhope said since 2002, Australians have reduced their use of plastic shopping bags from almost seven billion to about 4.5 billion, but industry codes of practice, which aimed for a 50 per cent reduction, had not been met.

keywords, recycling, environment, eco-friendly, landfill

CD recycling to be enforced, Taiwan

Keep your scratched discs out of our landfills, recycle them by posting them to ECODISC, PO Box 590 Lindfield NSW 2070.

The below news article describes how the Taiwanese get fined if they throw out CDs & DVDs in the garbage!

http://www.taiwan.com.au/Envtra/Protection/Ethic/2006/0414.html



The Environmental Protection Administration recently announced its decision to enforce the recycling of mobile telephones and compact discs. These items must now be handed to garbage collectors when people bring out their household waste. If mobile phones or CDs are found among normal household waste, the violators will be warned. Repeat offenders will receive a fine of between NT$1,200 (US$36.87) and NT$6,000 (US$184.35).


Although official statistics show that 1 billion CDs are used in Taiwan every year, not many people know that CDs can be recycled. Statistics also show that in a recent recycling trial launched in 2004 in various cities and countries around Taiwan, many people failed to recycle their mobile phones.


According to officials from the Environmental Protection Administration, recycling rates of CDs are quite low when compared to their sales volumes because CDs generally last for quite a while. People only throw out CDs when the stored data has lost its validity or when information can no longer be burned onto them. Meanwhile, although the replacements for mobile phones are fairly high, people are generally reluctant to discard old but functioning phones. They choose to either keep them or sell them back to telecom companies.

Why are scratched DVDs not getting recycled?

Each year, billions of compact discs (CDs, DVDs, Game discs) are produced, while millions of them are reaching Australia's landfills. Why are they not getting recycled? Because most folks don’t know what to do with them! Please play your part in helping to save our environment by recycling your old and unwanted discs today. It’s simple to set up your own DVD recycling program in your home or office. Here’s how: send them to ECODISC, PO Box 590 Lindfield NSW 2070.

Estimated amount of CDs and DVDs in landfills:UK

Currently most CDs and DVDs go into landfill creating over 28 million tonnes of UK household trash each year. We are searching for an estimate for Australia, so if you've know of some statistics, please email us at greendisc@fastmail.fm.

Want to get rid of your scratched DVDs? Help save the planet and send them to us to recycle.
ECODISC PO Box 590 Lindfield NSW 2070.