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5 Ways to Green Your Thanksgiving

5 Ways to Green Your Thanksgiving

Now that Thanksgiving is quickly approaching, the surge in waste will likely follow. For those that are eco-conscious, the holiday season is a great way to be remindful and thankful about our environment.

Recycling: The Gateway Drug To Sustainability

Recycling: The Gateway Drug To Sustainability

Sustainability is the ability to provide for the needs of today without exasperating the needs of tomorrow. Human beings have failed when it comes to sustainability for thousands of years.

Single Stream Recycling Saves Businesses Big Bucks

Single Stream Recycling Saves Businesses Big Bucks

There isn't an industry in the world that isn't being negatively impacted by the current economic difficulties. Revenues are down, costs are up, and everyone is trying to find ways to save.

How Corporate America Is Saving the Environment, One Recycling Bin at a Time

How Corporate America Is Saving the Environment, One Recycling Bin at a Time

Every set of recycling bins and recycling containers that are used in an office, at home, in a school, or placed in a public area helps to save the environment. These plastic and fiberglass recycling bins really are responsible for a new paradigm in waste management.

Recycled Fashion: Timelessness In An Era Of Poor Quality, Cheap Craftsmanship

Recycled Fashion: Timelessness In An Era Of Poor Quality, Cheap Craftsmanship

Have you looked at a fashion spread in a celebrity magazine or on a gossip website lately?Glossy pictures of boldfaced names and what they're wearing to movie premieres, galas or just out grocery shopping are staples of the celebrity-watching industry, but sometimes, it isn't quite clear why.Fashions change, of course, and style is inherently personal and subjective.

3 Green Treats and Tricks for Halloween

3 Green Treats and Tricks for Halloween

With Halloween right around the corner, tricks and treats are on everyone's mind. But the production of many traditional treats given away in the door-to-door tradition has harmed the planet.

Can Edible Packaging Reduce the Amount of Plastic Used by the Food Industry?

Can Edible Packaging Reduce the Amount of Plastic Used by the Food Industry?

One of the highest consumers of plastic packaging is the food industry. Many manufacturers use plastic packaging that is often thrown out in regular waste bins.

Upcycling Your Halloween

Upcycling Your Halloween

With Halloween right around the corner, here are seven clever ways to use up – instead of toss out – some common household items. Not only do you (or your loved ones) benefit from something unique, but by re-purposing, you help slow down what goes into the waste stream.

Mission Foods finds reusable plastic shipping boxes saves both money and the environment

Mission Foods finds reusable plastic shipping boxes saves both money and the environment

Recycling and environmental benefits can also come with cost savings if you do it right. When you think of recycling, you usually think of it in terms of piling all of your recyclables such as cardboard, paper, plastic, and metal into a cart or a bin and having it shipped off to the city plant for processing.

How Your IT Department Can Exercise Good Corporate Social Responsibility Through Green Practices

How Your IT Department Can Exercise Good Corporate Social Responsibility Through Green Practices

Good environmental practices are essential aspects of corporate social responsibility, and in the IT industry, these benefits are especially worth going after. That's because an inefficient data center can easily suck down thousands of dollars' worth of extra electricity.