Alcan builds on recycling.Alcan Inc., headquartered in Montreal, has announced the first winners of its annual Alcan Builds on Recycling program. Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity, nonprofit ecumenical Christian organization that enables low-income people to own affordable, livable housing. Headquartered in Americus, Ga., it was founded in 1976 by businessman Millard Fuller and his wife. Sunshine Coast There are several places around the globe that use the name Sunshine Coast. They are collections of coastal towns and/or cities that have banded together, usually for tourist promotional reasons. This list contains only those regions that use the English version of the name. in Sechelt was the top per-capita recycling affiliate, and Habitat for Humanity Toronto was recognized as the top recycler. Alcan awarded these affiliates, which recycled the largest number of used aluminum beverage cans, with $60,000 (Canadian) to fund the construction of a new home in their communities. Alcan launched the initiative in May 2004 as part of its sustainability-based Community Investment portfolio. The Alcan Builds on Recycling program provides two levels of incentives for Habitat for Humanity affiliates to recycle UBCs. The first provides matching grants, to a maximum of $2,500 (Canadian) yearly, to the affiliates who earn the highest cash value through UBC UBC Uniform Building Code UBC University of British Columbia UBC Union of the Baltic Cities UBC United Brotherhood of Carpenters UBC Universal Battery Charger UBC Union of Baltic Cities UBC Universal Bibliographic Control UBC Used Beverage Cans recycling. The second awards a fully funded house to the two most successful recyclers--one on the basis of total cans collected, the other on the basis of total cans collected per capita [Latin, By the heads or polls.] A term used in the Descent and Distribution of the estate of one who dies without a will. It means to share and share alike according to the number of individuals. in the affiliate's region. Habitat for Humanity Canada is a faith-based, non-profit, charitable organization This article is about charitable organizations. For other uses of the word charity, see Charity. A charitable organization (also known as a charity) is an organization with charitable purposes only. . |
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