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Tokyo Municipality Starts Recycling Rare Metals from Used Home Appliances

By on April 5, 2011 in RECYCLING, reuse/recycle, SUSTAINABLE, WATER, WATER CONSERVATION, WATER TANK, YES SOLAR

The city of Chofu in Tokyo started a new program in November 2010 for recycling components such as electric circuit boards and hard disks from home appliances, collected as bulky waste. This is the first program of its kind in any of the municipalities in Tokyo. The city collects over 11,000 pieces of used home […]

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The importance of recycling rare earth metals and minerals

By on April 4, 2011 in mining, rainwater, rainwater harvesting, RECYCLING, reuse/recycle, SOLAR ENERGY, SOLAR GEYSERS, solar panels, sustainability, SUSTAINABLE, sustainable living, TANK STANDS, WATER CONSERVATION, water crisis, WATER SAVING, WATER SYSTEMS, WATER TANK, WATER TANK PRICES, wind turbines, YES SOLAR

“Rare earth” doesn’t mean a patch of soil that’s endangered as such. It refers to a series of metallic elements that while plentiful, are difficult to find in commercially viable quantities. The elements include: Scandium Yttrium Lanthanum Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium Compounds of these elements […]

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