Symbols of the nation's steadily rising drive to reuse can be seen on most any street: neatly tied bundles of old newspapers and bags of used clothes are regularly piled on sidewalks for collection.
The plant processes steelmaking waste for reuse as iron.
The CDC urged more emphasis on recycling, reuse and reclamation of medical waste.
STIB says Bucharest wants to reuse the old streetcars, Marseille is mainly interested in their bogies, the same as those on its own cars, and The Hague wants them for spare parts.
One worker, Vidal Rodriguez, suffered permanent brain damage after working without adequate protection while crushing old thermometers to recover and reuse the mercury.
The container was being sent back to a manufacturer for reuse in shipping new pellets, Abraham said.
Support legislation encouraging industry to modify manufacturing processes to eliminate hazardous wastes; reduce, reuse and recycle what is produced.
And "Give Trash a Second Chance" gets only an R rating _ four Rs, that is: reduce, reuse, recycle and recover.
Thus, reuse is rare.
To reuse aluminum was to save money, protect the environment and generate the good will any company needs to succeed in selling its products.
The process is a little more cumbersome in Europe, where permission to reuse an ad is sometimes delayed because advertisers share rights to their commercials with theatrical unions or advertising agencies.
Aluminum recycling is not big in Switzerland, mainly because few drinks are sold in cans and too little is collected for economical reuse, said Hans-Peter Fahrni of the Federal Environmental Protection Office.
Seattle is also experimenting with weighing people's garbage and charging by the pound, and is considering an intensive education program promoting the purchase of ich is left on durable goods, the reuse of products and avoiding excessive packaging.
At least one worker suffered brain damage, apparently from having too little protection while crushing old, broken thermometers to recover and reuse the mercury.
It requires companies to take back and reuse or recycle their packaging, but allows an exemption for those who pay fees to fund a private system of collection and sorting.