Recycled Water to Play Bigger Role
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By Zhan Lisheng  GUANGZHOU: This city should put recycled water to better and more extensive use and save more fresh water to overcome water shortages and reduce salt tides, a deputy to the city's legislature has suggested.
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By Bob Freund, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Sep. 11--Rochester's far north side might not need a 1 million-gallon tank of water yet, but it will.
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By M.K. Guetersloh, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Feb. 10--BLOOMINGTON -- The city may be looking for short-term solutions that may increase Bloomington's water supply and improve its quality.
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MOUNTING pressure on the world's water supplies has the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand collaborating on a research project to address the problem.
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Hewlett-Packard is boosting its effort to&#160;effectively recycle&#160;used inkjet printer cartridges, Wednesday introducing a new process that manufactures new cartridges from recycled cartridges that are separated and rebuilt from scratch.The &quot;closed loop&quot; process gives used HP inkjet cartridges a sustainable end-of-life value and puts the material back to good use while being environmentally friendly, HP representatives said.The process first breaks down plastic in printer cartridges made of PET (polyethylene terephthalate), after which additives including fibers and resins are used to strengthen and regenerate the plastic. The remolded plastic is then used to manufacture new HP inkjet cartridges.The plastics or cartridges are not melted, refilled, resold, or sent to a landfill, HP said. The process also applies to other products, like PET water bottles, HP representatives said.The process, which went into pilot in 2005, has already resulted in HP manufacturing 200 million printer cartridges, said Scott Canonico, manager of environmental policy and strategy for HP supplies. The process will go into full manufacturing now, he said.Each inkjet cartridge contains 70 percent to 100 percent recycled material. Users will find the process beneficial as cartridges with new material perform better than used or refilled cartridges, Canonico said.HP allows users to return inkjet cartridges worldwide for free in most cases through its recycling program , said Ken Fleming, marketing director of supplies for HP. In some cases, a postage-paid return envelope is provided by HP with the inkjet print cartridge box.The process will apply only to HP cartridges, the company said. No external inkjet cartridge brand is being put through the new recycling process, Canonico said.Before the implementation of the new process, not all plastic recovered went into making new cartridges, Canonico said. They were used by others to manufacture products including auto parts and toys.The company has already recycled 1 billion pounds of hardware&#160;and hopes to recycle 2 billion&#160;pounds by 2010, Canonico said. HP offers recycling options for hardware including PCs, cell phones and computers.The inkjet cartridge recycling initiative is the latest in HP&#39;s broad effort to be environmentally friendly. HP recently announced that it would implement more energy-efficient technologies across its PC lines to reduce computer energy use by 25 percent in 2010.Recycling is one way to go green, Canonico said. &quot;We&#39;re always looking to further our commitment to customers and our commitment to the public and environment,&quot; Canonico said.While achieving the closed loop process was an achievement, HP will continue to look for new ways to better recycle products, Canonico said.
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By Steve Kuchera, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Sep. 19--.   In Indian belief, things flow in circles. So it isn't surprising that some American Indians would embrace recycling.
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A think-tank calls for more water metering after reporting that efforts to conserve water are not having much impact.
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By DAVE PHILIPPS THE GAZETTE  This spring Colorado Springs will wrestle with an issue dozens of cities have already tackled: how to strike a balance between letting the public visit city-owned reservoirs and protecting drinking water.
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There is a warning that some of Australia's major cities could run out of drinking water.
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By Ellen Gedalius, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Jun. 2--TAMPA -- It has become a familiar drum beat at city hall: Conserve water.   Council members talk about it on the dais. The water department sends out news releases. The mayor regularly ticks off a list of the city's water woes.
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Clean-up continues with waters still rising in some areas.
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By Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 22--A new city water-conservation proposal would hit apartment-building owners and renters much harder than single-family homeowners.
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With the water business dealt with, the company can refocus its energies on growing the business.
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By Mike Torralba, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 24--MONROE -- Starting this week, the city will temporarily change how it disinfects its drinking water.   The N.C.
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The United States Postal Service will begin using packaging made with recycled materials and take other steps to reduce its impact on the environment, Postmaster General John Potter said on Wednesday.
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The harmful effects of global warming on daily life are already showing up, and within a couple of decades hundreds of millions of people won't have enough water, top scientists will say next month at a meeting in Belgium.
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By Joe Wojtas, The Day, New London, Conn.  Sep. 20--STONINGTON -- The Aquarion Water Co.