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2010 Olympic Medals
6.8 metric tonnes of circuit board from end of life electronics diverted from landfills was used for the making of the olympic and paralympic medals
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Earth Day April 22, 2010
Plans are afoot for an even better event than last year. Check out the photos of Earth Day 2009 in the Cowichan Valley. If you have any ideas or suggestions for this years event be sure to attend the preliminary meeting, February 24, 2010 at the office of Cowichan Green Community. Communities everywhere have events planned so be sure to get involved. The more people who get involved the greater the difference we can make. See you there.
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Did You Know?
- Medals for the 2010 Olympics are made from metals recovered from end of life electronics! 6.8 metric tonnes to be exact!
- Everyday in the US 420,000 cell phones are discarded. Thats enough cell phones to cover the area the size of a football field.
- Encorp celebrates its fifteenth anniversary this year. Over these years we have all helped divert enough recyclable containers to fill enough tractor trailers that if placed end to end would cover the distance from Vancouver to Whistler round trip 56 times!
- That recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to light a 100 watt bulb for 3 1/2 hours?
- Canadians use more than 6,000,000,000 plastic grocery bags every year, reduce your use by using reuseable cloth bags. All of our locations can provide you with reusable grocery bags.
- Write you local MLA and the Environment Minister if you want soup tetra paks to be recycled.
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