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TRK Design Company on the forefront of important ‘green kitchen design’ initiative: donating or reselling homeowners’ existing kitchens for re-use – Marblehead – Your Town – Boston.com

Score one for Florida – looks like they have a kitchen design company that knows their stuff.

While most homeowners may think of “green kitchen design” only as selecting sustainable, eco-friendly materials or purchasing energy-efficient appliances, Thomas R. Kelly, founder and president of TRK Design Company (Today’s Real Kitchen Design Company), says there is much more to green kitchen design: donating or reselling the homeowner’s existing kitchen for re-use.

“Gently used existing cabinetry, countertops, appliances, windows, doors and fixtures can be re-used by direct donation to non-profit organizations or by working with non-profit kitchen and building re-use companies,” Kelly says. “These donations can yield significant advantages for the environment, for the homeowners, and for those whom the non-profits benefit.”

via TRK Design Company on the forefront of important ‘green kitchen design’ initiative: donating or reselling homeowners’ existing kitchens for re-use – Marblehead – Your Town – Boston.com.

RECYCLINGPORTAL – Green Ship Recycling: New study argues for an incentive for shipowners

“Every year, more European end-of-life ships containing hazardous materials are sent to India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Such practices are unacceptable and Europe is in the driver’s seat to put a stop to this on-going human rights and environmental disaster,” comments Patrizia Heidegger, Executive Director of the NGO Shipbreaking Platform. “Only a financial mechanism enforced in EU ports can properly internalize costs and close loopholes, which have allowed ships until now to escape legislation and accountability.”

via RECYCLINGPORTAL – Green Ship Recycling: New study argues for an incentive for shipowners.