Consumers Union staffers will develop a database of environmental labels, which will include the evidence or verification that exists for various product claims and the parties behind the certifications. First, they will look at food and wood products. When the project is completed next year, consumers will be able to access this information via the World Wide Web. The hope is to expand the scope of the project in future years to include other product categories. First, however, consumers need complete and unbiased information on which to act.
Recycling is so popular that homeowners are willing to pay for it.
A temporary business tax had supported mandatory recycling in Wisconsin until it recently lapsed. The recycling mandate was repealed by Assembly Republicans and communities are now allowed to develop their own programs. Bagwell was among some 37,000 South Carolinians who signed a challenge card to recycle and buy recycled in the third annual celebration of America Recycles Day. By signing the challenge card, participants became eligible for the Mustang, provided courtesy of Ben Satcher Ford of Lexington, S.C., and other prizes. Ebinport Elementary School of Rock Hill was named Recycling School of the Year and received 25,000 sheets of recycled content paper.