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Green Atmosphere
Expects RM20 Million GDV For Its Garden Explore ...
Bernama
He also said the project will be Malaysia's first outdoor living mart
that would ... With a whole year round of
events to be organised, the Garden Explore ...
December 29,
2010 |
Recycled Jewelry
Makes Beautiful, Unique Gifts
Artisans around the world are crafting eco
friendly jewelry from food waste, recycled glass and stone, records and
even breast milk. Also see more recycled jewelry and eco friendly
jewelry buying tips.
Recycling is becoming second nature for people who are making an effort
to sustain resources, express their creativity and save money at the
same time. Lately, even more people have become inspired from seeing
just how lovely a repurposed piece of recycled jewelry can be. It is
quite fashionable to show love for the planet by proudly wearing eco
friendly earrings, necklaces, bracelets and other jewelry.
The stories that are told about the background of the jewelry pieces
are inspiring as well as educational. Every day more people are opening
up to supporting the environment by purchasing green jewelry.
A quick search turns up thousands of amazing materials used to design
and craft green jewelry. For instance, most people would not think to
use food as a source material, but many artisans are using it to
fabricate recycled jewelry. A group in El Salvador offers a line of
lovely earrings from recycled coconut shells. Aside from being
beautiful, the recycled earrings benefit the planet. In addition, the
proceeds provide assistance to local people in El Salvador. This is an
example of the true meaning behind the worldwide recycling effort.
Other examples include recycled jewelry made from cereal, corn, pasta
and even breast milk. Yep, a collective in France, Duende, actually
fabricates human breast milk into plastic and makes jewelry out of it.
Perhaps not surprisingly, this jewelry has been received with mixed
reaction, even in the recycling community.
But there is virtually no
end to the number of recycled materials that
can be used to make jewelry and other items. Jewelry made from old
bicycle tires, discarded soup cans and even the shavings from an old
pair of snow skis is being offered online and at stores, boutiques and
craft shows all over the world. People who appreciate the benefits of
green jewelry are leaving no stone unturned in the search to find the
most creative, unique and earth friendly objects to wear, sell and give
away as gifts. Some of the more common objects that are used include
recycled glass, stones, vinyl records and CD's. Yet even with these
materials, new pieces are created in exciting, unique ways. More
unusual recycled jewelry is made from human teeth, hair, money and
prosthetics.
When all is said and done, just what is recycled jewelry? And does the
use of unconventional materials in making recycled jewelry distract
from its purpose? Jewelry made from things already in existence
decreases the need to further endanger the planet through the overuse
and manufacturing of its resources. In the past few decades recycling
has become not only a way to save money but a deliberate act to help
ensure the Earth's future existence. This is the essence of recycled
jewelry, to conserve, preserve and help others. What materials are used
to make it is a matter of taste. By most accounts, the material used to
make recycled jewelry is far less important than the spirit behind the
effort.
This article
from GreatGreenIdea.com |
RockTron launches fly ash technology in Asia
UK-based RockTron has signed a deal with Malaysian energy provider
Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) to transform fly ash into materials such
as fillers and extenders in polymers, as well as cementitous
substances.
RockTron launched its recycled fly ash technology last
year. The company extracts high performance fillers from the waste ash
produced at coal-fired power stations, using the recovered products in
bulk applications and some high performance fillers.
Dato’ Yazid Baba, Chairman of RockTron Asia, said: “We
estimate there is over six billion tonnes of stockpiled fly ash in the
world – half of this in Asia. This waste is made up of valuable
minerals we have been literally throwing away for decades. Now, thanks
to this agreement with TNB, we can start to reclaim, recycle and reuse
these minerals.”
RockTron launched RockTron Asia in October. The company says that
Malaysia alone produces two million tonnes of fly ash each year, and
the country has 2.5 million tonnes stored in ash ponds.
The company also has a commercial scale reprocessing unit alongside the
Fiddler's Ferry power station at Widnes in the north-west of England.
This first installation has the capacity to handle 200 tonnes an hour
of pulverised fuel ash (PFA) from the power station, extracting from it
a range of products including cenospheres (alumino-silicate hollow
glass spheres), solid alumino-silicate microspheres, carbon and
magnetite.
Last year, the company told European
Plastics News that
it has patented and exclusive licensed processes that take waste and
separate it into useful minerals
Godfrey Short, director of business development at RockTron Ad-vanced
Products, which aims to develop these high added value applications,
said RockTron's "PFA Beneficiation" process is highly efficient and
produces no waste. And there is no shortage of raw material; there is
an estimated 15m tonnes of PFA stockpiled on the Fiddler's Ferry site
alone and this is being topped up at the rate of 500,000 tonnes a year.
RockTron expects to be able to supply microspheres - which make up
around 80 wt% of PFA - at a substantial cost saving over traditional
alternatives. In part, this is because the raw material is a waste
product that would otherwise incur a landfill tax.
Tests carried out at the Polymer Processing Centre at Queens University
in Belfast on PA6,6 and PBT compounds have shown that the RockTron
MinTron microspheres compare well with commercial alternatives in terms
of their effect on rheology, tensile and flexural modulus, elongation
at break and impact performance, according to Short.
December 09,
2010
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New Tech Could
Revolutionize Recycling
Discovery
News
... recover pulp from
laminated and other paper previously impossible to recycle. ...which is already
attracting interest in countries including Malaysia, ...
December 06,
2010 |
Eye-opener for 'green' envoys
The Borneo
Post
... all separated
accordingly for recycle or reuse. ... “On returning to Malaysia, I want to
highlight the importance of Precautionary Development — which ...
December 05,
2010 |
Melaka to become
Centre for training Gardening Experts
Bernama
Melaka with its Botanical Garden and the
Thousand Flower Garden (Taman Seribu Bunga), will become a centre to
train landscape and gardening experts.Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng
Yen Yen said such gardens must be managed and maintained by experts to
attract tourists from all over the world.”Gardening and landscape
experts must have the necessary technical expertise ...
December 03,
2010 |
FRIM declared a
National Heritage Site
Business
Standard
The Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) recently celebrated
the official declaration of its ..."FRIM
staff may use recycle bags and food containers. ...
November 27,
2010 |
Meeting industry to green Malaysia
eTravelBlackboard
- Asia Edition
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Tourism Malaysia has
launched a green programme for their business and events industry
giving business visitors the chance to contribute to environmental
conservation during their stay.
Aptly named the
Malaysia Business Tourism Green Programme, this initiative is
spearheaded by the Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB)
and gives all delegates visiting Malaysia the chance to contribute
USD10 (RM31) as part of their event registration which will then go
towards planting a tree in Malaysia.
Contributions collected
will be channelled to an established tree planting programme run by the
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM).
The Malaysia Business
Tourism Green Programme was launched in support of the
government’s commitment to offset carbon emissions by 40 percent
by the year 2020 and in line with the Ministry of Tourism’s
‘1Malaysia Green, 1Malaysia Clean’ campaign.
The Minister for
Tourism YB Dato’ Sri Dr Ng says that the initiative has the
potential to make a real difference in Malaysia.
“For a convention
of 3,000 delegates and a donation of USD10 per delegate, even if only
30 percent of the delegates choose to contribute, FRIM would be able to
plant more than 270 trees in the event’s name,” she said.
“Even the
smallest contribution can make a positive difference in leaving an
ongoing environmental legacy in Malaysia by preserving, conserving and
protecting nature.”
The first major
international congress supporting the programme is the 18th World
Congress of Accountants 2010, hosted from 8 to 11 November in Kuala
Lumpur. The Congress is expected to attract 6,000 delegates, making it
the largest international congress in Malaysia for the year.
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November 22,
2010 |
William Chan adds up
to exciting maths
Waverley
Leader
... art
work will inspire others to not only love maths but learn to recycle more. ... Born and raised in
Malaysia, Mr Chan taught at a number of schools ...
November 21,
2010
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Meeting Industry To Green Malaysia | e-Global Travel News
eGlobal
Travel Media
Tourism Malaysia has launched a green programme for their
business and events industry giving business visitors
the chance to contribute to environmental ...
November 19,
2010 |
Green tech is a priority
Malaysia Star
KUALA
LUMPUR: Climate change will continue to be a priority agenda for
Malaysia despite the global financial crisis, said Prime Minister Datuk
Seri Najib Tun Razak.
He said the adoption of low carbon emission and environment-friendly
technologies was the new economic driver in the country’s
sustainable development strategy.
Najib said Malaysia was also focused on becoming the regional centre
for green technology, especially solar energy by 2020 with over RM12bil
in foreign direct investment pouring into solar photo-voltaic industry.
“Greening
the economy is more than just a development strategy. It is about
transforming the way society thinks of and treats the
environment,” he said when launching the inaugural International
Greentech and Eco Products Exhibition and Conference at the Kuala
Lumpur Convention Centre here yesterday
Stressing on the importance of global environmental sustainability,
Najib said the reckless use of resources and uncontrolled carbon
emission had brought the world “very close to the brink of a
global environment catastrophe.”
“Signs are beginning to appear that the world cannot take much
more of modern man’s wanton disregard of its environment.
“It cannot be ‘business as usual’ as far as the
environment is concerned. We join the world in our concern about the
environmental threat arising from carbon emission,” said Najib.
Najib
said Malaysia made a commitment at last year’s climate change
summit in Copenhagen to reduce its carbon emission intensity per Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) by 40% by 2020 from its 2005 level.
He said Malaysia was working with developed nations in realising this
goal, adding that the country offered a ready market in green
technology and eco-products.
Plans were also underway through the Renewable Energy Policy and Action
Plan to ensure renewable sources comprised 6% or 985MW of the national
energy mix by 2015 and 11% or 2GW of the overall electricity generation
by 2020, he added.
“We need to take a holistic approach that encompasses the
development of green technology and green energy, the enhancement of
resource productivity and conservation and the inculcation of green
values,” he added
October 14,
2010
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Green Industry Event Expects To Attract
120000 Visitors ...
By Bernama
Green Industry Event
Expects To Attract 120000 Visitors. Posted on October 8, 2010 by admin.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 (Bernama)– The upcoming International
Greentech and Eco Products Exhibition and Conference Malaysia (IGEM) 2010 expects to ...
October 8,
2010
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Bringing Green into
the Lives of Children through Hands-on Experiences
PR Web
Five students from the Malaysia Petaling Utama District
were given a ... with school children to
educate them on the three Rs – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. ...
October 1,
2010
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