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Coca-Cola, Harris Teeter join for recycling effort
2014-10-12 13:13:43| Grocery - Topix.net
In an effort to boost local recycling rates, Charleston County, in partnership with Coca-Cola and Harris Teeter, is introducing the Coca-Cola Recycle and Win program - a nationally recognized sustainability initiative which offers tips on recycling and rewards selected residents for proper recycling with a $50 Harris Teeter gift card.
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Uzbekistan making "no effort" to cut child labour
2014-10-08 17:17:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Uzbekistan's government continues to be "complicit" in the use of forced child labour during the cotton harvest and the country has made "no advancement" in efforts to eliminate the practice, according to a US report.
IBM unveils new Power8 servers in last-gasp effort to battle Intels x86 dominion
2014-10-03 17:52:19| Extremetech
Just two days after jettisoning its last Intel/x86-oriented division to Lenovo, IBM has unveiled the first servers based on the new Power8 CPU architecture. Somewhat unusually, IBM's press release directly attacks both Intel's "closed and proprietary" way of doing business and its products (IBM says Power8-based systems are nearly 20% better on price-performance than x86-based systems). Is IBM all bark and no bite? Or does the Power8 architecture and and OpenPower Foundation (which now has 59 members) actually stand a chance against Intel's server monopoly? Let's dive in and take a closer a look.
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Pooling Their Effort: Campaigners emerge from the lido site
2014-10-02 13:27:17| Chemicals - Topix.net
AROUND 30 people campaigning for Knap Lido to be rebuilt marched from its former site to the Civic Offices, in Barry, on Wednesday, September 24. But the group - who included adults and children - had to wait until the re-arranged full council meeting, on Monday - to hear Vale Council Baruc ward councillor Nic Hodges gain answers to three questions put to those in the chamber. Following the march, lead campaigner Dean Snooks said a request to speak to someone in the council had been met with the response that no-one was available.
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UNEP chief lauds China's effort to combat climate change
2014-09-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Shanghai Daily: The head of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) on Friday lauded China's role in fighting climate change, calling it a positive actor in a global community to avert such threat. In an exclusive interview with Xinhua before leaving for New York to attend the 2014 UN Climate Summit, UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner said China has made long-time support for the campaign against global warming. "China is one of the countries that has for many years recognized that the science that...
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