...damage to our environment. Concepts such as reduce; reuse and recycle have to be implemented and enforced by the leaders in the community. The country of Africa faces serious problems managing their waste. Two of the major problems are the insufficient collection and inappropriate final disposal of wastes . These wastes, if not properly disposed, can cause significant health issues to their population. One of the major issues is that of releases of methane gas which not only combusts but is a serious health concern. Both collection and inappropriate disposal of wastes need to be addressed and rectified. The issue of collection can be handled on the leadership level and the issue of inappropriate final disposition needs leadership oversight for management and control. The concept of reduce, reuse, and recycle can positively impact the country of Africa. "Reduce" means using fewer resources in the first place . Reduce the amount of products used, use or purchase products that last longer or are more durable. If citizens would reduce products or consumption this would automatically reduce the need of waste that needs to be eliminated. The concept of reuse can be introduced by implementing composting to enrich the soil for farming and finding new ways to use materials thought old instead of throwing them out. For instance an empty jar can be used as a storage container instead of thrown out in the garbage. This concept of reuse also limits solid waste that needs to be eliminated...
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...compelled to recycle plastic bags to reduce, recycle, and reuse in order to save our environment. When this bag epidemic started is really not the issue, as everyone knows that there is a problem and they need to know what to do about it and plastic bags are everywhere these days and certainly in places that they should not be. So how are we in Richmond to deal with this problem? Well that is easy reduce, recycle, and reuse. As Rex Springston of the Times-Dispatch Staff Writer stated in his November 16, 2010 article “If you don’t need a plastic bag, you don’t need to take a plastic bag”. So people there is the challenge don’t take it, if you don’t need it. If we all would recycle our plastic bags we would reduce waste and become one state which would be included in a growing national trend nationwide with more than 832 million pounds recycled in 2008 which is a 28 percent increase since 2005. So what does that mean for you as a person who recycles? By recycling plastic bags and wraps you are providing valuable material to live a second life as durable decking boards, fences, shopping carts, and new bags. As you can see below, the process that it takes to get a second life. [pic] This process may seem like a lot, but to save our environment it is crucial. So a little time spent in this process will save us valuable land and will give us a better environment in which we live. So what can we do to help with this process of reduce, recycle, and...
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...three Rs of recycling are easiest way start saving the environment first reduce, then reuse, and finally recycle. Reduce The first R of recycling is reduce. Reducing waste will conserve existing landfill space, so that there will not be a need to build more landfills. The National Recycling Coalition states that “The average American discards seven and a half pounds of garbage every day. (Coalition) The first step to reducing waste is to stop junk mail. There are many websites where a person can simply enter their address and the amount of junk mail that is mailed to that address to drastically decrease. Another way to reduce waste is to cancel newspaper, and catalogs subscriptions. Recycling Revolution quotes that “38.2 percent of our total waste is from paper and paperboard”. (Dawn, 2005 - 2010) By reading newspapers and catalogs online each person will reduce paper waste. Lastly, it is a good idea to switch all bills to be paid online instead of having bills mailed. Reuse The next R of recycling is reuse. Reuse products for the same purpose or new purposes. The easiest way to start reusing is to bring reusable bags when shopping, instead of taking paper or plastic. Many grocery stores will give a discount if someone brings a reusable bag. It is not as popular but equally important for someone to bring reusable bags when shopping for clothing, hardware, shoes or anything else. Another way to reuse products is to take old items to charity or consignment shops. When looking...
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...prefers to eat more vegetables than meat. So by doing this I think I am implementing a part of this house bill 6311. REFUSE We should refuse using harmful things that can affect to our environtment like plastics. Plastic is also harmful to the people, palnts and animals. For example we should refuse using plastic bags when we go to market, we should have our own handy bag for our groceries. Because when plastic that has been thrown anywhere else it cause clog to the drinage that causes floods during rainy seasons. So we should avoid using plastic bags. REDUCE Reduce means lessen. The term reduce can apply to our daily life. Like the campaign “MEAT FREE MONDAY” if we reduce eating meat we can help our environment. We can reduce thing by Buy only what you need, Reduce unnecessary waste by avoiding those pointless purchases. Items that rarely get used can be borrowed or shared with others. REUSE Reuse means is to use an item again after is been used. Many items found around the home can be used for different purposes. So before you throw those items away, think about how they can be reused. Like the old clothes, old clothes can be made into other textile items such as cushion covers or teapot cosies. Also tires Old tyres can be given to your local petrol station where they will be recycled. Or you could make a tyre-swing by tying a strong rope around a tyre and...
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...about it. We can help the earth! We can recycle! If we recycle there won't be as much trash in the landfills. The issue is people don't want to take the time to recycle like they should. Recycling is a very important as waste has a huge negative impact on the natural environment. Harmful chemicals and greenhouse gases are released from trash and other harmful things in landfill sites. Recycling helps reduce the population caused by waste. Habitat destruction and global warming are some of the effects caused by deforestation. Deforestation is where people cut down trees in the rainforest, so not recycling and deforestation are a big part of our earth dying. Australia’s early recycling industries. The Australian...
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...is a computer manufacturing company and retailer located in Dallas, TX. The company sells microprocessors, printers and supplies. 4M has 200 employees which include 35 administrative personnel, 55 repair technicians, 60 sales & csr, 40 shipping & warehouse personnel, 10 janitorial. A. Develop a social responsibility strategy for your chosen client which includes the following components: 1. Environmental considerations and recommendations Since 4M manufacturers and sells its products a few environmentally smart options can be taken into consideration. The environmental considerations that will be utilized are the Reduce, Reuse and recycle method. Reduce: 4M will minimize cost by purchasing recycled materials and creating products that reduce energy consumption by 40%. Also we plan to reduce the amount of waste the company disposes of...
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...have the future you want them to have. If we do not take action soon, it is likely that there will be some major unpleasant and dangerous changes on earth and also there is a possibility that this beautiful earth we live in is not going to be present. In “Climate Change: What We Can Do,” Jennings Lane stated: “Global warming threatens our economy, our dreams, our very lives.” It is preventable if people work together and sacrifice to change their daily life style. Global warming is a growing and life threatening problem that is affecting all living things on the universe. There are many ways to reduce global warming but the most promising ways are to build up a better mass transit and be engaged in reusing, reducing and recycling. The most promising way people as individuals can prevent global warming are by using the three “R’s” which are recycle, reuse, and reduce. When people reduce the amount of products they purchase, the huge number of disposed products per year will decrease in great amount. In “What Can You Do to Help Our Environment,” Jason and Shannon Jordan state why reducing is such an important factor: “By reducing the amount of total...
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... 2. (Tie to the audience) People with health issues have been hospitalized and died due to pollution. Kids with asthma are direct targets of the people who choose not to recycle. Pollution of our waters, pollutes our fresh grown fruits and vegetables that we all eat. It kills our natural resources and animals. 3. Today I’m going to explain what recycling causes and how it affects our lives now and in the future. Transition to body of speech I will start with the definition of what recycling is. 1. What is recycling? A. According to Wikipedia, Recycling is processing used materials (waste) into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from landfilling) by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to plastic production. 1. Recycling trucks come around once every two weeks to collect recyclable trash, most likely a blue or green can. 2. Residential areas, schools, and businesses are forced to recycle. B. Recycling is a key component of modern waste reduction and is the third component of the "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" waste hierarchy....
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...Topic of Assignment : Paper Waste of Etap Hotel CONTENTS TITLE PAGES 1. Executive Summary 1 2. Introduction of Etap Hotel 2 3. Concept of Green Plan that introduced by Etap Hotel 3 – 4 4. Purpose to create a controlling paper waste program 5 5. Current Issues that Etap Hotel facing 6 – 7 6. Goals and plans that we should have in our program 8 – 12 6.1 Goal Settings 6.2 Ways will proceed in paper waste recycle program 6.2.1 Paper for procedure, communication, information to customer 6.2.2 Paper roll, tissue, tray liner and packaging paper 6.2.3 Recycle bins, signs and brochure 6.2.4 Staff education program and collecting paper waste process 6.2.5 Form paper waste reduction team and coordinator 6.2.6 Monitoring program and getting feedback 7. Conclusion 13 8. References 14 1. Executive Summary Etap Hotel located all around the world with the total of 460 well-known hotel and is even the shining star in Europe offering the best place to enjoy and relax once you step your foot into its main door with a splendid service. Through internal research, we get to know that our company are using too much of money on buying stuff made up of paper. So we are planning to control paper waste in our company. Human factor is the most important area when talking about paper waste. In most of the travelers mind...
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...Research shows that employee retention and recruitment can also benefit through cost savings and good will. For many employees, working for a “green” company is a high priority in choosing a job. Increasing recycling also strengthens the economy by creating jobs in collection and reuse industries. Government contractors should be particularly eager to participate in green initiatives: Contractors will be expected to consider environmental impact when bidding on federal contracts. There are many common items that businesses should consider recycling. Older model televisions contain lead and other heavy metals, along with compounds that threaten the environment. Rubber tires and tubes are traditionally difficult to dispose of, but with recycling can be remade into entirely new products. The metals and plastics in audio equipment can be recycled, drastically reducing the volume of product that goes to a landfill. Copiers, fax machines, computers and monitors contain a great deal of recyclable materials, including some precious metals. Consumers and businesses are now asking questions such as: Where does this product come from? Is it made or grown locally? How many miles has it traveled? Can I recycle it or...
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...countries it’s not all too difficult to make a difference. And what a difference we can make. What Exactly Is Recycling? Recycling basically involves turning used materials that are labeled as recyclable over to your local waste facility designated in a disposal container as “recyclable” materials to be taken and reused as material for a new purpose. A recyclable product is turned back into a raw form that can be used to create a new and different product. Not only are natural resources limited, but recycling efforts can significantly reduce additional waste that will not only harm the planet today, but future generations as well. The natural resources on our planet earth are limited so we must make the most to conserve, recycle and reuse whenever possible. What Can I Recycle? What you can recycle depends on your area, not all materials may be recyclable. Check with your local recycle center to find out what you can and cannot recycle. You’ll notice that recyclable products are labeled with numbers from 1 to 7, 1 being the most recyclable, and 7 being the least recyclable. Also check with your city to make sure that you have the correct disposal containers available to ensure your efforts are being put to good use and heading to the recycling center rather than the landfill you are working so hard to avoid! Most Waste Can Be Minimized Every day we use a variety of products in our households and work places to fulfill our basic needs. Most of these products and their...
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...Managers come up with ideas and develop new projects of becoming greener. Our goal is to be a green friendly hotel that cares about our nature and to be able to reach these goals we have these meetings once a month. One of our developed projects is the green meeting program that minimizes harm to the environment during meetings and events, provides guidance and assistance in executive green meetings and meets the needs of the customer requesting a green meeting event. Basically, a green meeting supports a green initiative and is expected to save money while improving the environment. The greening of a meeting can be accomplished in many ways; including not pre-filling water glasses at banquet tables, collecting name tags and badge holders for reuse, providing recycling areas inside exhibition areas, and using compostable cups instead of water bottles. The bottom line is that we want to make people aware of becoming more environmentally friendly. 2. Manage your hotel’s environmental performance by monitoring the electric, gas, water, and waste usage information on a monthly and annual basis. Our engineering department will make sure our hotels environmental performance will be monitored on a monthly basis to make sure that we don’t go over our economical friendly limit. It is very important to our property to stay in our budget of going green and to make sure we monitor everything very careful so we don’t maximize our green factor. 3. Replace incandescent lamps with compact fluorescent...
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...Waste Waste is unwanted or useless materials. In biology, waste is any of the many unwanted substances or toxins that are expelled from living organisms, metabolic waste; such as urea, sweat or feces. Litter is waste which has been disposed of improperly. Feces contain large quantities of fresh and soft texturized waste products. Waste is directly linked to human development, both technologically and socially. The compositions of different wastes have varied over time and location, with industrial development and innovation being directly linked to waste materials. An example of this includes plastics and nuclear technology. Some components of waste have economical value and can be recycled once correctly recovered. Zero Waste America defines waste as "a resource that is not safely recycled back into the environment or the marketplace." This definition takes into account the value of waste as a resource, as well as the threat unsafe recycling can present to the environment and public health. The word 'waste' and the act of 'wasting' are human inventions. Waste doesn't exist in nature. In nature, everything has a purpose. Waste was created by humans for short-term convenience and short-term profit. Wasting results in long-term harmful consequences for both humans, nature, and the economy. Where does your waste go? Landfill As you can see from the chart most rubbish in Britain goes to landfill. We used to call landfills dumps or pits. We try to use old sandpits, gravel...
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...Dr. Anisur Rahman Nadeem Nafis – 41119044 Table of Contents Topics Page No. Introduction What is CSR Compendium about the studied company Business Domain Rahimafrooz (Bangladesh) Limited Rahimafrooz Accumulators Limited Rahimafrooz Batteries Limited Rahimafrooz Globatt Ltd. Rahimafrooz Distribution Ltd. Rahimafrooz CNG Ltd. Rahimafrooz Renewable Energy Ltd. Rahimafrooz Energy Services Ltd. Rahimafrooz Superstores Ltd. Rahimafrooz’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) overview Rural service foundation (RSF) The Dhaka project How Dhaka project works? RSF model school & college RSF IT center Poribesh utshab Make road safer 3R – Reduce, Reuse & Recycle Reduce Reuse Recycle Conclusion Reference Introduction What is Social Responsibility & CSR? Business firms conduct activities to produce goods and services to generate profits. Obviously these activities greatly affect our society. Thus, social responsibility is the awareness that business activities have an impact on society and considering of that impact by firms in decision making There is no consensus in and out of business about meaning of social responsibilities. In the classical point of view, a business is acting in a socially responsible manner if it strives to utilize as efficiently as possible the resources at its disposal in producing the goods and services that society wants at prices consumers...
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...manufacturing. Last October, 2015 Apple announced two new programs aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of its manufacturing materials. The programs will avoid over 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas pollution in the country between now and 2020. Do they use renewal energy sources? • Apple also uses resources that are naturally renewable and capable of providing energy and materials for a long time. They are also making real progress toward running all facilities on 100 percent clean and renewable energy. Have they reduced their use of energy during manufacturing? • Apple is also working to develop cleaner manufacturing processes that help them create not only great products, but also a better environment. They are making sure that they reuse the energy for the manufacturing processes. Apple’s commitment is to build a renewable solar energy project in Sichuan Province that will generate up to 80 million kilowatt‑hours per year of clean energy. This project is being developed to complement the natural environment. Apple’s improvement in energy efficiency has helped...
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