The Intelligent Consumer: How to Buy Food, Clothes, Cars, Houses, Vacations, Appliances at the Least Cost to Yourself and the Environment |
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... ALUMINUM CANS AND OTHER PURE ALUMINUM PACKAGING . Aluminum is demanding of raw materials , at least until someone figures out how to extract aluminum from clay . It also requires large amounts of energy • Incinerators basically are ...
... ALUMINUM CANS AND OTHER PURE ALUMINUM PACKAGING . Aluminum is demanding of raw materials , at least until someone figures out how to extract aluminum from clay . It also requires large amounts of energy • Incinerators basically are ...
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... aluminum cans . As was noted in Chapter 1 in the discussion of packaging , aluminum is easy to recycle . Most metal dealers will be happy to pay you for scrap aluminum ( it is worth $ 200 a ton ) , provided you don't trouble them with ...
... aluminum cans . As was noted in Chapter 1 in the discussion of packaging , aluminum is easy to recycle . Most metal dealers will be happy to pay you for scrap aluminum ( it is worth $ 200 a ton ) , provided you don't trouble them with ...
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... aluminum , but if you use a skillet considerably larger than the burner , most of this inefficiency can be recouped ... aluminum for making cooking pots . A stainless steel pot will just be getting a used look when an aluminum pot of ...
... aluminum , but if you use a skillet considerably larger than the burner , most of this inefficiency can be recouped ... aluminum for making cooking pots . A stainless steel pot will just be getting a used look when an aluminum pot of ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
HOW TO BE COOL IN THE GROCERY STORE | 10 |
Shopping for Food with an Environmental | 55 |
Copyright | |
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