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Choosing a positive or negative approach to sustainability

Choosing a positive or negative approach to sustainability

While there is no denying benefits of recycling, using positive or negative messages & signage can aid your program participation. You can find examples of both approaches to adapt for your own uses.

Keep calm when you can’t Recycle

Keep calm when you can’t Recycle

Relax, you have many options when it comes to waste disposal & recycling! Just because something can't go into recycle containers doesn't mean it has to be garbage. Here are 6 eco-friendly alternatives that will keep you calm.

How can we curb plastic waste?

How can we curb plastic waste?

Naturally, it can take up to hundreds of years to biodegrade! You can see the effects of a material thrown away, just look at the Pacific Ocean's Garbage Island. How can we curb plastic waste? We find ways to Reuse, Organize, Clean & Return your plastic goods and packaging.

Why Should Restaurants Recycle?

Why Should Restaurants Recycle?

With the holidays over, many people are returning to work. Small local lunch counters have a real responsibility usher in a sustainable future.

How recycling creates green jobs

How recycling creates green jobs

Recycling is an issue that is discussed, and then forgotten, only to be discussed and forgotten again. However, Forbes recently discussed how corporate America is creating sustainability in the United States through recycling efforts, at least in some states.

How to get recycling grants with Coca-Cola

How to get recycling grants with Coca-Cola

The Coca-Cola: Keep America Beautiful Recycling Bin Grant program offers two types of grants. The Public Space Bin Grant is offered to non-profit organizations such as churches, government agencies, and schools.

How Do I Start A Recycling Program?

How Do I Start A Recycling Program?

Many of us are passive recyclers. We toss our paper, plastic and aluminum into recycling bins and then roll them out to the curb once a week.

7 Ways To Use Less Paper

7 Ways To Use Less Paper

It is amazing how much paper our digital society uses. Paper recycling bins not only save trees but also water, oil, and energy not to mention saving room in the landfills.

More Recycle Bins are Needed in the Right Areas

More Recycle Bins are Needed in the Right Areas

Recycling is important for conserving our limited of natural resources, by re-processing used materials into new products. Used paper, glass and plastics are collected in recycle bins, sorted, cleaned and then sent to the re-manufactured and used again.

Why Should Businesses Recycle?

Why Should Businesses Recycle?

The psychology behind commercial recycling is not the same as residential recycling. The "recycling containers save the planet" argument may sound nice but business owners have to consider more mundane matters such as profits and shareholders.