Don’t Commit These Six Sins of Green Washing
Green packaging is a trend that all businesses should strive to follow. According to the University of Texas at El Paso, packaging materials made up 31% of municipal solid waste.
4 Mistakes That Make Or Break A Zero Waste Office
Zero waste is an ideal goal where your trash cans sit empty because everything that can be recycled is being recycled. But as any modern-day "rag-and-bone man" can attest, so much that is recyclable is being tossed into cans and dumpsters or is left rolling along in gutters.
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 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.
Zero Waste Restaurant? It can be done!
It can be done. A small sandwich shop in Chicago owned and run by Justin Vraney, Sandwich Me In, has been in operation for 2 years.
How to Recycle in a Business: Tips and Benefits
If you want to start a corporate waste reduction program and learn the benefits of recycling, then here are some things you need to know.How to Recycle TipsFirst of all, you'll need recycling bins before you can even begin thinking of where and how you'll recycle the actual waste.
Electronics Recycling is Essential for Your Business Environment
Unless you ensure that your old electronics are properly recycled, they not only pose a threat to the environment, but your data privacy may also be at risk. If old computers are simply tossed into the trash bin, even data that has been deleted from hard drives can sometimes be retrieved and used by competitors.
Four Questions You Need To Answer Before Setting Up Recycling Bins In A School
Starting a recycling program in a school is an excellent way to help keep the local environment clean and teach students stewardship of their planet and community. However, starting a program in a larger school requires a good deal of planning and forethought in order to implement successfully.
6 attributes of a green product
Using green products can provide a positive influence on any corporate sustainability program. But what exactly is a green product? GreenSpec offers quantifiable, easy-to-verify standards and uses these concurrently with case-by-case analysis of submitted products.
3 Things to Consider about Wooden Pallets and Your Corporate Waste Strategy
If you’re like many businesses, you probably have wooden pallets lying around and wonder if you can find an appropriate way to incorporate them into your corporate waste strategy. These are three things to keep in mind.
