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Posted by Tom Fitz
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on Tuesday, 13 December 2011
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Finding Innovative Alternatives Rather Than Junking the Steel Containers
Each year more than 10 million shipping containers arrive in the United States ports, with more than 3 million being left to rust in salvage yards. The excess inventory results from the trade imbalance with China in which our country continues to import more material goods than export. Although stackable, the containers are typically either twenty or forty feet in length and take up significant amounts of space in salvage yards, landfills, or whatever alternate dumping grounds are being used to amass the boxes.
Posted by Tom Fitz
Tom Fitz
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on Tuesday, 16 August 2011
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Is it just me, or when you think of Starbucks don’t you envision a company committed to social responsibility. I don’t know if it’s because their headquarters is located in the “green” city of Seattle, the rustic ambience of their coffeehouses, or their extensive global responsibility initiatives, but I’ve always considered them a pioneer in the area of environmental stewardship.
