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“A bicycle sharing system … is an increasingly popular system whereby bicycles are made available on a large scale in a city allowing people to have ready access to these public bikes rather than rely on their own bikes. Municipal governments and community groups have promoted bicycle sharing systems as part of intermodal transportation by allowing people to shift easily from transit to bicycle and back again. By making alternatives to motorized travel easily accessible, they hope to reduce the carbon footprint of commuting as well as enable residents to become healthier through exercise.” — Wikipedia
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“Trash cans are vanishing from parks in Seattle, a trend that city officials are more than happy to see continue. The Parks Department has been removing garbage cans since 2001, halting trash pickup entirely at 25 of the city’s more than 400 parks. The idea is to get park visitors to pack out their dirty diapers, sandwich bags, empty beverage bottles, orange rinds and other trash. The city wants that stuff to go into home garbage cans – or, when appropriate, to be recycled.”
– The Seattle Times, May 25, 2009
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Rainwater collection from roofs can be calculated using the following formulas:
* 1 inch of rain on a 1,000 square feet (93 m2) roof yields 623 gallons of water; or
* 1 cubic foot equals (12 inch by 12-inch (300 mm) by 12-inch (300 mm) cube) equals 7.48 gallons; or
* 1 millimeter of rain on a 1 square meter surface yields 1 litre of water.
– Source: Wikipedia
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“The city of Los Angeles announced it will ban all plastic bags from retail stores as of July 1, 2010, following similar anti-pollution regulations already enforced in San Francisco. The second-largest US city behind New York, Los Angeles, with its four million population, will ban plastic bagging in all supermarkets, grocery and retail stores, the Los Angeles City Council said in its new regulation.”
– AFP, Jul 22, 2008
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“Several community groups in Baltimore have taken on the daunting task of turning the city’s more than 10,000 thousand vacant, trash- strewn lots into small parks, gardens and open spaces. And while such initiatives have barely made a dent in the city’s problems, the revitalized open spaces instill a sense of pride among community residents and increase property values instead of collecting trash and breeding crime.”
– The Baltimore Daily Record, Mar 11, 2002 by Rachel Mansour
