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Birm ingh am Carbon Rationing Action Group (CRAG)

Road to Now h e re

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Kate Nancarrow

Are You a Com m itte d Re cycle r?

Ge rry W olff

Conce ntrating Solar Pow e r Faith and Clim ate Ch ange

Colin M ansle y

Th irty Ye ars of Th e W are h ous e

Dow n M e m ory Lane

Ch ris W illiam s spok e to IAN BLAKE

W h at do you do at Birm ingh am Frie nds of th e Earth ?

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W h ich e nvironm e ntal issue s conce rn you th e m ost?

So You Th ink You Know About Re cycling?

For e ve ry tonne of pape r re cycle d, you w ill save 17 tre e s, 3.33k h /h rs. of e ne rgy and five cubic m e tre s of landfill space .

Eigh ty- th ousand tonne s of pape r e nds up in landfill.

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e ve ry ne w com pute r us e s 240k g of foss il fue ls, 22k g of ch e m icals and 1,500k g of w ate r

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Th re e billion disposable nappie s m ak e th e ir w ay into landfill

s ite s e ve ry ye ar. Th e y tak e up lots of space and cost a lot to dispos e of. Th e y tak e up to

500 ye ars to de com pose w h ile e m itting noxious gas e s.

Fifte e n m illion plastic bottle s are us e d e ve ryday. Th e y tak e 100 ye ars to bio- de grade .Only

4% is re cycle d. H ous e h olds ge ne rate a m illion tonne s of pack aging w aste annually.

Tw e nty- five th ousand tonne s of batte rie s are bough t and th e n ge t dum pe d in ... landfill. Only one th ousand re cycle d bough t

are re cycle d.

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