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By admin | November 22, 2011

Are you looking to get more exposure for your green company or your company’s green actions? Well look no further! Green company Canada is looking for green company profiles so submit your company’s profile today.

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Importance of Rare Earth Elements

By GreenCompany | April 27, 2012

Rare earth metals are a collection of 17 chemical elements which are increasingly needed ever more in today’s technological world. While rare earth elements are not rare in abundance as the name suggests, they are rare in where they are found as they are often highly dispersed and not often found in high enough concentrations to make mining worth the effort. And since everything from cellphones to batteries contains amounts of rare earth elements, the need for recycling them should increase. In Canada there are very few specific programs targeted towards the recycling and reuse specifically of rare earth elements.

Today the vast amount of rare earth metals are sourced from China who embarked some years ago on a program to become a world leader in their production and export – and they have – controlling nearly 98% of total production. But over the past couple of years the Chinese government has been cutting back on their export while raising export duties. It should also be noted that China is not exactly known for a stellar environmental record. This has seen companies look elsewhere for them. One obvious source is products no longer needed that already contain the base elements. More effort should be put towards recycling these materials from our discarded electronics and other consumer and business products. Though, recycling alone will not meet current demand.

For Canada specifically rare earth elements are to be the next gold or oil rush as some 1.1 billion pounds of rare earth elements are waiting to be unearthed in the black shale deposits in Alberta. We here at Green Company Canada hope that environmental standards are followed in the rush to get these elements out of the ground and onto the market to meet the ever-growing demand. The Canadian Conservative-led federal government has recently relaxed environmental oversight and regulations – and this would include the mining of rare earths. With a potential $200+ billion dollars of rare earths available in Canada it will not be long before the digging and extraction begins. Let’s hope the environment doesn’t pay the price for it.

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Electronic Recycling Association – Green Company Profile

By GreenCompany | April 23, 2012

The following is the Green Company Profile for the Electronic Recycling Association – ERA.

The ERA (Electronic Recycling Association)’s head office is located in Calgary, AB. The business has been operating for 12 years. It started as one office in Calgary, AB with three employees and has grown to 30+ employees and international offices. ERA aworks to protect landfills from the impact of electronic waste and to help charities gain access to technology they otherwise cannot afford.
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Porter Airlines to Embark on Canada’s First Biofuel-powered Flight

By admin | April 12, 2012

Porter Airlines will be the first airline in Canada to operate biofuel-powered revenue flights. Porter Airlines will be utilizing a 50/50 blend of biofuel with Jet A1 fuel, and it will be the final step of a two year-long project jointly put together with Bombardier Aerospace, Targeted Growth, and Pratt and Whitney Canada.
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