How Your Business is Losing Money By Not Recycling
Recycling is seen by many to be an ethical practice to be applied to all aspects of our life. Recycling used materials will allow for the reuse of certain products as well as assist in the production of new materials. However, recycling also has more immediate and practical benefits for businesses.
How Can My Company Lower its Dependence on Plastics?
Do you know it takes plastic at least 1,000 years to start decomposing in a landfill? Consider that 2.5 million plastic water bottles get tossed in the trash every single hour, and it quickly becomes clear that we have a plastic waste removal problem. If you are trying to reduce plastic waste in your office,…
How to Profit by Recycling Food Waste
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) food waste is second only to paper waste in the amount generated each year. In 2010, more than 34 million tons of food waste was generated, accounting for 14 percent of municipal solid waste. Less than three percent of this waste was recycled, a figure that the agency…
Is What I’m Recycling Actually Getting Recycled?
Like any environmentally conscious person, you dutifully separate your papers and your plastics, and leave your recycling at the curb for garbage pickup every week, and you just assume that the environmental waste makes its way to the recycling facility, where everything is green, birds are singing, and the wheels of the recycling machine spin…
10 Tips for Helping Your Office Stay Waste Free
When you’re not home, it can be difficult to practice green initiatives, especially in the workplace. In a work environment, getting everyone to recycle and reduce his or her waste can sometimes seem impossible. Actually, by not implementing simple environmentally friendly practices, your office could actually be losing money. Not sure where you can start,…
How Your Business Can Help Close The Loop
One of the most commonly overlooked elements of recycling is the value of recycled material. Everyday more items are being placed in landfills rather than being recycled. Did you know that only about half of Americans recycle daily, and 13 percent do not recycle at all. It is important to not only recycle but also…
Landfill Harmonic: An Orchestra Built From Trash
Citizens of Cateura, Paraguay, are proving the old phrase “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” every single day. Did they find gold? Some ancient relic that is worth an immense amount of money? No, they found something better. There amidst the trash, they found musical instruments. But these instruments weren’t your average busted brass…
Going Green: What You Should Do With Your Extra Recyclables
There’s no reason to waste all of your household refuse. When you can even make a little extra cash by recycling your items. Remember the old saying, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” still rings true in our disposable society.
Recycling in Connecticut: Benefits of Using Compost in Your Garden
While we usually consider composting as a byproduct of disposing of household waste, there are many benefits to this recycling practice that can improve your garden and the environment as a whole. Composting is a natural process that turns organic material into a rich dark material, also called humus that is an ideal conditioner for…
What is Special Waste in Connecticut?
You have likely heard the term, “Special waste” before and may have wondered what it meant. Special waste consists of things that cannot be placed in just any ordinary landfill or garbage without consideration due to its hazardous elements. These items can often be found in the household, garage and workplace. Waste doesn’t always consist…