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Facing lawsuits from creditors and rising debts, the Yale Co-op has filed for bankruptcy under Chapter...
...Co-op's financial troubles have grown since 1997, when Yale decided not to renew the Co-op's lease, instead renting its space to Barnes & Noble, which operates bookstores on about 300 college campuses nationwide...
...buys products only from humanitarian organizations committed to improving the life of the artisans by ensuring a safe work environment and a living wage as well as a savings plan. That means $11 of the $46 you pay for a hand-blown Peruvian vase goes directly to the artisan co-op that made it--about twice what traditional retail outlets would...
...with about 100 recycling companies belonging to her cooperative, she coordinates efforts to collect industrial and consumer trash, salvage everything, from paper and plastic to scrap steel, and mold the refuse into raw materials to feed Taiwan's factories. Out of that garbage heap comes treasure. Last year the co-op brought in more than $100 million from customers like China Steel and Formosa Plastics. But money is not the motivation behind Wu's not-for-profit outfit. After paying office charges and the modest salaries of Wu and her staff of seven, recycling revenues go to co-op members...
During her campaign, Wu made enemies of the government bureaucrats who had been regulating recycling. Perhaps not coincidentally, her co-op was charged with evading taxes in a case that is still winding through the courts. Wu denies the accusation and has no regrets about forcing Taiwan to get serious about recycling. "I established a genuine movement," she says, "and helped many people without a voice...