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Affirm Water, London, N.H., is marketing 32-ounce and 20-ounce stainless steel, reusable customizable water bottles, available through its Web site at www.affirmwater.com.

"We at Affirmwater.com believe stainless steel water bottles are the safest and best choice for a drinking vessel, both for your health and the environment," the company declares in a news release touting the new bottles.

It says the larger bottle holds 32 ounces of water and is ideal for use by bicyclers or in cars. The 20-ounce bottle will be marketed to hikers, walkers or to be used in lunch boxes.

The bottles are customizable with a personalized message or company logo.

Affirmwater.com also donates $1 of the proceeds of each bottle sold to the Nature Conservancy "for the protection and preservation of water."

"We need to protect [water], preserve it and partake in the most healthful way, as well as spread the word," says Alicia Grimaldi, founder of Affirmwater.com. "So, why not promote your company while promoting water?"

A recycling program is back in place at Isidore Newman School, an independent school in the heart of flood-ravaged uptown New Orleans.

The student-created Newman Green Club and the California-based Go Green Initiative (GGI) have helped the school find corporate partners to purchase bins and containers for the school’s new recycling program.

GGI secured corporate donations for six outdoor containers and $250 toward the purchase of recycling bins. Midpoint International, a Canadian company that produces recycling containers, made a contribution towards the Newman recycling program, as did Kettle Creek and Windsor Barrels, Pennsylvania companies that produce recycling and trash receptacles.

To date, the school’s student-run environmental club has distributed 20 recycling bins to volunteers. The campus will be recycling paper, aluminum and other types of recyclables. As more donors come forward, the school plans to expand the program by distributing more recycling bins.

The leader of the student-run effort says the level of enthusiasm toward the project is astonishing and the project is both inspiring and educating people about of the importance of environmental care. "I believe that our work will serve as inspiration to others," says Stanford Rosenthal, a seventh grader at the Newman School. "If New Orleanians, who have suffered so much, can come together to protect the environment and think about the future, then perhaps people will see that anything is possible if we work together."

The Go Green Initiative works to involve families, businesses and local governments in the common goal of environmental stewardship. Since its inception in July 2002, the Go Green Initiative has been endorsed by the National School Boards Association and National Recycling Coalition, adopted by six State PTA Boards, and has had programs implemented in 39 states and at more than 650 schools, along with schools in Europe, Mexico, and Africa. There are currently more than 1 million students and teachers in registered Go Green schools.

The Recycling Today Media Group division of GIE Media Inc., Richfield, Ohio, has announced that its series of co-located Recycling Conferences for 2008 will take place June 22-24 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, Ill.

Attendees will have the chance to participate in up to three co-located conferences: the Paper Recycling Conference, Recycling Today’s Plastics Recycling Conference and the Electronics Recycling Conference.

Last year, more than 500 participants gathered in Orlando, Fla., to attend the conferences, which feature a joint exhibit hall and three educational tracks addressing topics of interest in the paper, plastics and electronics recycling industries.

Updated news on the events will be posted to www.RecyclingTodayEvents.com as programming and registration information becomes available.