Action Brie fing Th e Ne w s l e tte r of Birm ingh am Frie nds of th e Earth
April '07-M ay'07
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Birm ingh am Carbon Rationing Action Group (CRAG)
Road to Now h e re
Are You a Com m itte d Re cycl e r?
Kate Nancarrow
M e gh na Das
Conce ntrating Sol ar Pow e r
Faith and Cl im ate Ch ange
Ge rry W olff
Colin M ansley
Th irty Ye ars of Th e W are h ous e
Dow n M e m ory Lane
Vol unte e r in th e Spotl igh t...... Ch ris W il l iam s s pok e to IAN BLAK E
So You Th ink You K now About Re cycl ing?
W h at do you do at Birm ingh am Frie nds of th e Earth ?
H ow did you ge t invol ve d h e re ?
For e ve ry tonne of pape r re cycl e d, you w il ls ave 17 tre e s , 3.33k h /h rs .of e ne rgy and five cubic m e tre s of l andfil ls pace .
W h y do you l ik e w ork ing h e re ?
W h ich e nvironm e ntalis s ue s conce rn you th e m os t?
Eigh ty- th ous and tonne s of pape r e nds up in l andfil l .
Th re e bil l ion dis pos abl e nappie s m ak e th e ir w ay into l andfil l s ite s e ve ry ye ar. Th e y tak e up l ots of s pace and cos t a l ot to dis pos e of. Th e y tak e up to 500 ye ars to de com pos e w h il e e m itting noxious gas e s .
Tw e nty- five th ous and tonne s of batte rie s are bough t and th e n ge t dum pe d in ...l andfil l .Onl y one th ous and re cycl e d bough t are re cycl e d.
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com pute r us e s 240k g of fos s ilfue l s , 22k g of
Fifte e n m il l ion pl as tic bottl es are us e d e ve ryday. Th e y tak e 100 ye ars to bio- de grade .Only
ch e m ical s and 1,500k g of w ate r
4% is re cycl e d. H ous e h ol ds ge ne rate a m il l ion tonne s of pack aging w as te annual l y.
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