Practical Opportunities

Sign Up For Air Quality Health Advisories

An Air Quality Health Advisory will be issued if/when ozone levels reach unhealthy for sensitive groups level. To receive an Air Quality Health Advisory email sign-up at: www.deq.state.ok.us An ozone watch is a prediction that concentrations of ozone will approach levels of concern over the next 24 hours. Sensitive individuals should plan accordingly. When these […]

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Play It Again Sam

from National Wildlife Federation Magazine (Oct. 05) Each year, millions of boxes of software CDs go to landfills and incinerators, and people throw away millions more CDs and DVDs; all of them can be recycled or reused Twenty-five years ago, they didn’t even exist. Today, most of us can’t imagine life without compact discs […]

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Recycling/Reuse Opportunities

INDUSTRY The Resource Exchange Network for Eliminating Waste (RENEW): This tool is designed to help facilities in EPA Region 6 (Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas) exchange materials that would otherwise be disposed of. RENEW allows you to see materials available at a facility, or post your own materials. Facilities who post materials can avoid […]

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