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  1. Information on documenting LEED credits for using steel (which always has recycled content): http://tinyurl.com/mohczh
  2. Ever wonder how they calculate the recycled content of today's steel? Here's a detailed description: http://tinyurl.com/kta865
  3. Free environmental education activity sheets on recycling: http://tinyurl.com/cqrgee
  4. Avoid the landfill, please refill: http://tinyurl.com/ml2wna
  5. This article from Azo Materials proudly declares,"Steel is the Most Sustainable Construction Material" http://tinyurl.com/kjjlm9
  6. The benefits of recycling steel cans from our friends in the UK: http://tinyurl.com/nfcwwk
  7. An interesting handout on how your home can save energy with "cool metal roofing" (PDF) http://tinyurl.com/nqtlnc
  8. Good article on how most of your recyclables are separated at a Material Recovery Facility: http://tinyurl.com/qyxpsm
  9. RT: @interconrecycle A steel mill using recycled scrap reduces related water pollution, air pollution and mining wastes by about 70%.
  10. RT: @lookforthedrop Recycling steel and tin cans saves 74% of the energy used to produce them.
  11. @mashable posted 75+ Environmentalists to Follow on Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/nsel3p maybe we can make the next list @cameron_chapman :-)
  12. Steel-framed homes greener, stronger and more economic: http://tinyurl.com/nkqbll
  13. Great article from PopSci about the surprise that cars are the most recycled product: http://tinyurl.com/odbe8q (we weren't surprised)
  14. Is higher steel production a "Green Shoot?" According to this @nytimes blog, it's a mixed bag: http://tinyurl.com/mtya75
  15. The Donation Wizard blog shows how donating your old car can help a good cause and the environment: http://tinyurl.com/ll65wl
  16. Nestle discusses how their choice to use steel packaging in Nescafe inspires recycling rather than waste: http://tinyurl.com/lued8s
  17. An interesting article from north of the border on the benefits of green steel framing vs. wood: http://tinyurl.com/knezbk
  18. Assembly Bill 479 in CA would require communities to reach a local diversion goal of 60 percent by 2015 http://tinyurl.com/ktcfuw
  19. Well said! A response by Tom Gibson, president of the Amer. Iron & Steel Inst. to an editorial in the NY Times: http://tinyurl.com/mntz33
  20. No more fluff in landfills? Pacific Steel & Recycling says "careful what you ask for," http://tinyurl.com/kt6qhw