Grassroots Recycling Network takes action to force "corporate responsibility"
Challenge to Coca-Cola To Cut Waste Goes Unanswered
By Kim A. O'Connell
"The Coca-Cola Co., based in Atlanta, has not responded to a public
challenge to take voluntary steps toward reducing waste from soft drink
bottles and cans.
The challenge was issued in mid-March by the Grassroots Recycling
Network (GRN), which brought together a national coalition of advocacy
organizations, including the California Resource Recovery Association, the
Institute for Local Self-Reliance, the Sierra Club National Waste Committee,
and the Georgia Sierra Club."
Full text: http://www.wasteage.com/coca.htm
Environmental Groups, Businesses Call for Totally Chlorine Free Paper in the
U.S.
By Kathleen M. White
"A coalition of more than 200 environmental organizations, public interest
groups, and businesses is urging the U.S. EPA to adopt standards that would
require the pulp and paper industry in the U.S. to install totally
chlorine-free technology in their manufacturing facilities."
Full text: http://www.wasteage.com/chlorine.htm
Other articles on GRRN and related issues are available on their website at:
http://www.wasteage.com/default.htm#recycling