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CBC/Radio-Canada marks a decade of “proactive environmental performance reporting”

OTTAWA - Cuts to overall energy consumption as well as an in increase in the recycling and diverting of e-waste and scrap metal are among the highlights of CBC/Radio-Canada’s latest corporate Environmental Performance Report.The report highlights the public broadcaster's “green” scorecard and initiatives from April 2017 to March 2018.  This edition also marks the 10th anniversary of CBC/Radio-Canada environmental reporting.During the last decade, CBC/Radio-Canada has:- Recycled 1,450.2 metric tonnes of e-waste and 926.8 metric tonnes of scrap metal, the equivalent to 74.3 (32-metric-tonne) dump trucks;- Decreased air emissions by 45.5%, the equivalent to 671,106 tree seedlings grown for 10 years; and-...