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Efficient Tactics for Minimizing Your Carbon Footprint During a Move

The Environmental Blog

Usually, it’s an overwhelming endeavor accompanied by mounds of waste. Furthermore, by plotting your move in advance, you can tap into community resources , like local groups or online forums, to share and exchange packing materials, thus cutting down on waste and expenses. Consider the moving process, too.

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20 Sustainable Business Practices for Your Workplace and Office

Green Business Bureau

If your local municipality doesn’t have recycling streams for glass and metals, reach out to waste management companies. These companies often will weigh your recycling before taking it to facilities, making it easy to track and report to stakeholders the amount of waste you’re diverting from landfills. Use No-VOC Interior Paints.

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Sustainability Guide For Software Companies: Getting Started Guide

Green Business Bureau

However, the many modern conveniences and economic benefits of software come with a hefty environmental price tag – primarily in the form of energy consumption. Leaving computers on overnight wastes energy and money, and causes lifespan-reducing wear and tear. Tip #1: Turn off the computers at the end of the day.

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Apple aims to save the environment, one wall charger at a time

AGreenLiving

For those that decide to purchase the new iPhone, perhaps the price tag might be a little less painful when you think about how much e-waste you’re avoiding. The iPhone 12 Pro models are the first to incorporate 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets. Apple Via The Verge Image via Andreas Haslinger.

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Sustainability Guide For Software Companies: Getting Started Guide

Green Business Bureau

However, the many modern conveniences and economic benefits of software come with a hefty environmental price tag – primarily in the form of energy consumption. Leaving computers on overnight wastes energy and money, and causes lifespan-reducing wear and tear. Tip #1: Turn off the computers at the end of the day.

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Unfriend: Why is Facebook restricting climate-related ad campaigns from green businesses?

Business Green

"We want to be able target people who have EVs, heat pumps, who are interested in environmental issues and have demonstrated an interest in climate action, we don't want to target people who are not interested in climate action, it's a waste of money," she said.

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Defective Meters and Whistleblower Complaints Raise Questions About Gas Utility’s Profits

DeSmogBlog

On a quest to tame these inaccuracies, in late 2011, he proposed a simple technical fix that he claims will “result in more accurate billing, extended meter lives, reduced landfill waste, and a more efficient utilization of [utility] personnel.”. Dye had other suggestions for how the company should operate.