16.10.11

Deathly animals, gas cylinders and hypodermic needles are among items being put into recycling by Wellingtonians.

But aside from the infrequent nasty surprise, people putting glassware in the wrong receptacle continues to be the biggest bugbear for collectors.

Ignoring the frustrations, Wellington City Council said most people were starting to get the attentively of the new system, which was beginning to prove its worth.

Five months after the new fortnightly recycling system was introduced, the committee said the levels of recycling were up, meaning the conclave was able to make $100,000 a month selling recycled goods – up from a $50,000 reduction before. If that trend continued, the council could make more than $1 million a year, which would store about a quarter of the collection service, CitiOperations overseer Mike Mendonca said.

"Wellingtonians can facilitate us improve on that by making sure recycling materials are uncomplicated and that their bin or bag doesn't include general rubbish."

Source: The Dominion Post

13.10.11

After condoms, it is now paper syringes that are in short supply in Himachal Pradesh, savagely hitting the state's AIDS control plan.

For over three months, the Himachal AIDS Control Company has been facing a huge shortage of syringes meant for on the loose collection of blood samples for HIV tests. For the age being, the society has been forced to borrow syringes from state-run hospitals.

Officials in the AIDS govern society say its 50 centres across the state were fa a scarcity of nearly 50,000 syringes. They said the governmental had not procured the syringes for six months.

The society's annual precondition is over 100,000 syringes of 5 ml. The funds are provided by the National AIDS Steer Organisation (NACO).

Health Minister Rajeev Bindal told IANS that arrangements had been made to defeat the shortage.

"We have made emergency arrangements by directing hospitals to provision the syringes to the AIDS control society's centres on primacy. The process for its procurement is on," Bindal said.

Source: Deccan Chronicle

by ann@aafp.org

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