How To Dispose Of…

Lately in the news we’ve heard a lot about recalls of childrens toys that were decorated with lead paint. U.S. Recall News asks an important question…

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2007Blog Action Day Post - How Are The Recalled Toys Being Disposed Of?…With so much attention being given, by us and other media outlets, to the health risks associated with recalled toys with lead paint in the hands of Children, we tend to ignore the environmental impact of these products.What is going to happen to all of these millions of toys that have been recalled? How are they being disposed of? What did you do with yours? Are they going into the kitchen trash to sit in a landfill and poison the nearby water sources? Are they being sent back to the manufacturers and - if so - what are THEY doing with them?… 

Tags: Landfill, Lead Paint, Watershed

by: Jerrald Hayes

Courtesy of 10ad.org I found this article entitled The recyclers` ecological campaign about:

A new educational and social awareness campaign started in Romania by Odyssey about the imminent problems caused by forest mass destruction, deforestation of important zones with forests and the uncontrolled use of non recycled paper.

Tags: awareness campaign, deforestation, environment campaign, forests, mass destruction, natural water, recycled paper, recyclers, recycling materials, social awareness

by: Jerrald Hayes