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Solar Panel Landfill Deemed Safe as Recycling Options Grow

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Solar panels have a range of recycling options but none are perfect. The IEA study will show that disposing of solar panels in landfill is unlikely to have an adverse impact on human health, according to co-author Dr. Solar's recycling options. at least the recycling options for solar have traditionally been limited.

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Green IT: Top Sustainable Information Technology Initiatives for Small Businesses

Green Business Bureau

Equipment recycling. Whether you’re a small business with a few computers or a larger business with a computer room or data center, your computers require power and cooling. There are eco-friendly computers available and eco-friendly ways to power and cool your equipment. Equipment Recycling. Paper reduction.

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Water scarcity: A growing risk for companies and investors

GreenBiz

The French cosmetics manufacturer operates three "dry factories" — in Spain, Russia and Italy — where all the water used in its industrial processes, such as for cleaning and cooling, is purified and reused onsite. In 2000, around 80 percent of Phoenix households had grass; now only 14 percent do. Rising rates.

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Doteasy Technology Inc: A Certified Sustainable Web Hosting Solution

Green Business Bureau

Established in 2000, Doteasy is a Canadian web hosting company specializing in domain name registration and sustainable web hosting solutions. Doteasy has a green office culture that strives to reduce waste, and they’ve implemented solutions such as their thorough recycling program and bottle-less filtered water coolers.

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Eco-friendly spiritual living at Holy Wisdom Monastery

AGreenLiving

The sisters replaced their original Benedictine House — which was deconstructed and 99.75% recycled or reused — with a new, eco-friendlier monastery, which opened in 2009. The new building also uses geothermal heating and cooling. Sister Lynne Smith, a Presbyterian pastor, became the first Protestant sister in 2000.

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Water scarcity: A growing risk for companies and investors

AGreenLiving

The French cosmetics manufacturer operates three “dry factories” — in Spain, Russia and Italy — where all the water used in its industrial processes, such as for cleaning and cooling, is purified and reused onsite. In 2000, around 80 percent of Phoenix households had grass; now only 14 percent do.

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Water scarcity: A growing risk for companies and investors

AGreenLiving

The French cosmetics manufacturer operates three “dry factories” — in Spain, Russia and Italy — where all the water used in its industrial processes, such as for cleaning and cooling, is purified and reused onsite. In 2000, around 80 percent of Phoenix households had grass; now only 14 percent do.