[getsmart-l] CBC Newsworld/The National is running . . .

[John O'Gorman]

an ongoing feature called "Green Sweep" on waste and recycling. Here's what I picked up for May 20 but you can leaf through the website and find more for yourself.
http://www.cbc.ca/national/blog/special_feature/green_sweep/
Green Sweep
Does Not Compute
May 20, 2008 (Runs 3:24)
These days, it seems some people change their computers more often than their shoes. But what can you do with your old one? In Vancouver, it's Free Geek to the rescue! 
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Fresh Paint
May 20, 2008 (Runs 3:31)
The Peintures Récupérées program in Quebec charges a levy on paint, and requires towns to send unused cans for recycling - five million kilos last year 
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TV Trash 
May 20, 2008 
As people upgrade to flat screen and high-def tv's, old sets will leach lead, cadmium and other heavy metals into landfills. Havard Gould explains how to dispose of them properly
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Hope Springs for Mattresses 
May 20, 2008  
Most mattresses end up in the trash, despite being almost entirely recyclable. But MattCanada of Montreal has saved a quarter of a million...with more to come 
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