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"Karl F. Johanson" <ug837@victoria.tc.ca> wrote in message
news:39485324@news.victoria.tc.ca...
>
> I talked about concervation before in another post while talking about
> running a privatized factory. To repeat:
>
> When I took over a government run sign factory (primarily highway signs)
> we switched from using a 17 kilowatt heat press reflective sheeting
> applicator to two squeeze roll applicators (one hand powered & one with a
> 1 HP electric motor). I replaced the trichloroethane (which is a high
> level greenhouse gas, and which may impact on the ozone layer) in the
> vapour degreaser with safer chemicals. We set up solvent recyclers. We
> recycled cardboard and paper years before the provincial government
> mandated it (saved us 150 a month in garbage disposal fees). We recycled
> aluminum and steel scrap which had previously been disposed of. We donated
> off cut plywood to local schools. We donated tens of thousands of dollars
> worth of scrap reflective sheeting for children to use on their bicycles
> and Halloween costumes, etc (I still have a bunch in the basement if
> anyone wants some, for bikes e-mail me). Most of all, we made our products
> of a high quality so they wouldn't have to be replaced as often (although
> porcupines occasionally eat some of our plywood signs).
>
> One of my jobs before that was for a wholesaler which sold (amoung other
> things) 2 or 3 semi's of fiberglass insulation a week.
>
>
> What have you done?
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www.ctaz.com/~wmbjk  selfish, I know

Wayne