Excellence in design is a result of striking the appropriate balance between function and aesthetics. It is the end result of a process. It is the successful marriage of Art and practicality. Quality design need not represent higher cost, but rather maximum value for the client, through prudent decision making guided by an experienced architectural team.
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When it comes to the environment, being a good global citizen starts at your home. The easiest way to Earth-friendly is to cut down on what you consume and recycle whenever you can. Recycling turns materials that would otherwise become waste into valuable resources. In addition, it generates a host of environmental, financial, and social benefits. Materials like glass, metal, plastics, and paper are collected, separated and sent to facilities that can process them into new materials or products.
Recycling is one of the best environmental success stories of the late 20th century. Recycling, including composting, diverted 82 million tons of material away from landfills and incinerators in 2006, up from 34 million tons in 1990. By 2006, about 8,660 curbside collection programs served roughly half of the American population. Curbside programs, along with drop-off and buy-back centers, resulted in a diversion of about 32 percent of the nation's solid waste in 2005.
Always remember that every little bit helps, recycling just one glass bottle saves enough electricity to light a 100-watt bulb for four hours.
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