The Solar Bike: A Sustainable Innovation to Transform Transportation
As more green innovators are redesigning the automobile industry to use solar energy, one man is looking at a smaller vehicle: the bicycle.Designed by Jesper Frausig in Demark, the Solar Bike is powered by solar panels, which deposits its energy into a small battery connected to the bike's frame.
4 Reasons Why Your Office Needs A Recycling Coordinator
When it comes to managing a recycling program at your office, a recycling coordinator in your office can be a valuable asset. The recycling coordinator’s job will provide a real assessment and evaluation of your program while managing components that can improve your recycling ROI.
Tackling Zero Food Waste with Spoiler Alert
Every year in the United States, about $165 billion worth of food is thrown out and wasted. Food businesses throw out as much as $50 million in wasted food, due to lost revenue and hauling fees for spoiled inventory.
3 Tips On How To Improve Recycling At The Office
Are you trying to implement eco-friendly practices at the office? If so, you may want to look into recycling options, to ensure that your system maximizes the potential for recycling. While it may take time and effort to determine what and how to recycle at the office, at the end of the day, every effort counts!Here are 3 tips to improve your office's recycling:1) PaperThis is one area where making small changes can really add up.
Will Corpses Be The New Compost?
Death has become one of our biggest problems, particularly in urban areas. Cemeteries are filling up rapidly, and cremation blasts huge amounts of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere.
How to Start a Recycling or Waste Reduction Campaign
Many people in your office know how to recycle and might be recycling at home, but starting a successful recycling program in the office needs a thoughtful campaign to encourage or increase green practices. If you want to start a green waste reduction campaign, here’s the steps to enacting it.
2 Green Tech Startups That Could Transform Corporate Social Responsibility
Businesses--especially small ones--that want to go green are occasionally stunted by costs and ease of switching over to greener practices, especially when it comes to energy resources. But according to an article at Washington Business Journal, green tech startups Nextility and GreenSmith Energy Management Systems can potentially remove these obstacles.
5 Tips For Implementing A Zero Waste Strategy At The Office
As the environmental awareness becomes more and more widespread, many of us are making sincere efforts to go green. When it comes to the business world, it’s no surprise that many companies produce large amounts of waste.
With the Drought Californians Learn How to Recycle Gray Water
The California drought has obliged the government to impose very severe restrictions on the use and consumption of water. According to the LA Daily News, the crisis has also spurred renewed interest in how to recycle water.
3 Ways to Transform The Sustainability Of Your Office Cafeteria
In offices, recycling initiatives are sometimes easily implemented in the office, simply by introducing recycling bins, or creating better access to them. But what about the cafeteria? With an average of over 33 tons of food wasted in America, some of that waste is found at offices, especially workplaces with cafeterias.
