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Bota Box, a company that sells wine in boxes, is giving a $2 donation to the Arbor Day Foundation for every new fan that they receive in April on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/botabox.

Bota Box is a environmentally friendly wine supplier. The packaging in printed on recycled paper containing 100% post-consumer fiber and the box itself is 100% recyclable. Soy-based inks and coatings are printed directly on non-bleached Kraft paper, which is bonded together with cornstarch instead of glue. The bag does not contain phthalate plasticizers or Bisphenol-A (BPA).

According to recent studies, bag-in-box wines, like Bota Box, have a smaller carbon footprint than traditional glass bottles. Bag-in-box wines create 85% less landfill waste than glass wine bottles. The transport of Bota Box reduces greenhouse gas emissions because the packaging is 35% lighter on average than glass as well as 44% smaller in size.

In hopes of helping our environment from poor disposable of electronic equipment, many people from industrialized nations have recycled their equipment at different facilities.  Proper disposal of electronic equipment is important because electronic equipment contain some toxic material, like high levels of lead and mercury. 

The problems lies in the fact that these hazardous materials are not being disposed of properly by many of these recycling facilities, but are being shipped to developing nations and causing a lot of pollution and environmental problems in those areas. 

60 minutes did story on the way that companies that we believe are helping to recycle and stop pollution are causing more problems.  They are shifting where pollution occurs from wealthy nations ,like the United States, to places like China. Pollution caused by e-waste in China and other nations is not a new thing and the environment that these people live in has gotten worse.

How can you stop e-waste?

One way is to reuse.  Instead of getting the latest gadget, try to keep them longer and use them as long as you can.  That will save money in your wallet and help your earth.  

Another way to prevent e-waste  is to reduce the amount of electronic equipment we purchase in the first place.   We don’t need to every new electronic product that comes on the market.  Sometime we purchase an item and it stays in the closet, in the cabinet or the shelf and collects dust. 

 
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